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Would I be able to reactivate native copy if Ubuntu or VM crashes?
My first post, please forgive me if reusing old threads is frowned upon here. :)
I have a slightly different situation. My ThinkPad came with Win7 HP 32. I later installed Ubuntu alongside Windows. I've gotten tired of rebooting in Windows just to use Office, so I started using Virtual Box within Ubuntu, and installed Windows 8. However, not only do I hate 8, but I want my own personal copy for all my programs and whatnot.
I'd like to leave my original (native) Windows copy still installed, but deactivate it (remove the product key as I saw in another thread). I'd use it only if a) Ubuntu or the VM crashed or b) if I need to use specific programs/hardware that are only compatible with Windows that will not work with the VM. So I'd deactivate the original copy, leave it installed, then activate the VM.
Would I be able to reactivate the native copy if Ubuntu or the VM crash?
This is an OEM copy.
Thanks for the information!
As an aside, another motivation to getting a Windows VM is to simplify my file organization and make it more efficient. I'd like to wipe out the Lenovo recovery partition and use it to store files, then share that drive as mounted in Ubuntu with the Windows VM. Also share one Dropbox folder with the VM. Currently I have Dropbox in Ubuntu and Windows and I basically have two of everything on the same hard drive... not efficient.
Last edited by EricG1793; 16 Feb 2013 at 15:13.