Dual boot windows 7

blankojames

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What would be a good linux that would dual boot good with windows7?
 

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I wouldn't bother but try Ubuntu. 7 has everything you need and you should still enable a firewall and antivirus in Ubuntu.
 

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Sony Vaio Z46GDU
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Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
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[email protected] 1066MHz FSB
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Sony branded
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6GB DDR3 1066MHz
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9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina)
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What would be a good linux that would dual boot good with windows7?
Any Linux. Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.
Just make sure to NOT install the GRUB bootloader. Use EasyBCD from W7 instead to set that.

~Lordbob
 

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Hera
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU
Intel i5-2500k
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ASUS P8P67 Pro
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2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
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ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
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Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
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Cooler Master Haf 932
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Fans
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Razer Tarantula
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Razer Lachesis
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not fast enough
When you install linux it puts the grub on automatically doesn't it? How do you disable it?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
laptop/desktop
OS
win7/vista both x64
CPU
Amd Turion II m500/e7300
Memory
4g ddr2
Graphics Card(s)
radeon hd4200/nvidia 9600gt
Sound Card
intergrated
Monitor(s) Displays
intergrated/19 in hd/42 in samsung 1080
Screen Resolution
1280-800/1440-900/1080p
Hard Drives
320gig 7200rpm/640gig 7200rpm
PSU
stock/stock
Case
factory/factory
Cooling
factory/factory
Keyboard
intergrated/logitech wireless
Mouse
touchpad/logitech wireless
Internet Speed
6mbs
I use ubuntu :P... but I prefer to use it on virtualbox sidebyside with my lovely 7 :P

just for fun
 

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OS
Windows 7 32bit RTM
Linux Mint 7 or 8 works great
 

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AsusTeK / Clevo / Gigabyte
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15.5" / 17" / dual 23"
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1680x1050 / 1680x1050 / 1920x1080
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2-200gb 7200 / 3-320gb 7200 / 5-Intel ssd
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