dual boot windows linux

Hopefully this will work,
Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

You can run a VM any time you want, you just start it up. It`s not a 1 time session thing.

web said:

ThrashZone said:

Hopefully this will work,
Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

tried this too didn't work lol ..... or didn't need on this occasion thanks ...... or maybe I did ?

You make no sense

whs said:

The latest Mint is 17.1 Rebecca - Editions for Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca" - Linux Mint

I would recommend to put Mint into a virtual partition. Messing around with the Grub for the Windows systems is no fun. Here is how.

Yea my last dual boot or really installing next to 7 on my laptop did not work out well
Ended up reinstalling 7 again
Really interesting install next to another os,
7 can't see Linux but Linux obviously can see 7,
It seemed to install Linux at the end of the drive :/
Makes sense but booting was very slow compared to a ultra speedy 7 startup without Linux.
Live and learn I suppose

Mike, How come booting was slow. Have a look at this where I compare boot times of 8.1 and Mint in VMware Player.

A lot slower than that,
Not sure why clean install on a ssd is even kind of slow,
if you ever notice starting up on the top left of your screen the little - symbol flashing,
In 7 it flashes once and starts to load up ...
In Linux 17.1 the - flashes several times 4-5 to be exact,
Then I finally get the three green dots and the logon screen,
It's not terrible on it's own ssd almost twice as slow as 7 takes which is about 45 seconds last I tested which seems a lot faster than that in 7 but that's what the test shows,

Installing next to 7 it was pretty much the same except an added boot screen showing Linux and 7 so it was well over a minute to complete a startup of just Linux,
The laptop was getting a little hot running 17.1 so I ultimately reinstalled 7 and figured I just need a less bloated version,
The laptop being a dual core as well 32 bit 3 gb ram VM seems more like a dream than reality as far as doing it
Either way I intend to put another Linux dooda on it's own drive and see what happens with it that way,
I'm trying real hard not to push these machines too hard both are 6 y.o. and need to last.. no new build in sight