How to partition hard disk for dual boot for windows 7 and linux?
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There are similar questions on this topic, but I could not find exact instructions for my case. I want dual boot system that supports Windows 7 64 bit and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS OS. I want one partition to be shared between the two operating systems. How many partitions do you recommend? What kind of file systems should be used on each one?
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Windows partition will be recognized by Ubuntu, so you don't have to create a separate partition to...
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And by extension, why is the disk manager in windows so dumb?
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Well, the answer seems to be to use testdisk (TestDisk Step By Step) to recover the lost partitions...
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I would have backed up my windows distro before I started trying to install another os. First lesson...
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My system specification ASUS K55V.i5 processor. 4 gb ram and 500 gb Hard disk. I installed Linux Mint 15 from a bootable USB. Created Partition. Two partitions of 55 GB each. One is used as root and other as home. Linux was installed successfully. But...
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Have you tried chain loading via easybcd? You should select your Linux partition in easy bcd and add...
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How can i dual boot windows 7 and Linux. Can i just create a disk partition and install Linux on that and have windows on another partition and will i be able to choose which one i want on boot? or do i have to do something else i have windows installed...
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When you install ubuntu it will automatically install Grub pc a bootloader . So at startup you can choose...
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I would like to have the option of booting either Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux WITHOUT the use of a floppy for the latter. The Gory Detail: I have successfully installed Windows 2000 (SP2) and Red Hat Linux 8.x on my computer, each on a separate hard...
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You gave up too soon with your 512-byte file. You aren't copying a file from your boot partition, you...
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I installed linux mint on my hp dv6 laptop alongside windows 7. Each have about a 300 gb partition and after installing linux i can boot up in it just fun, however when i tried to boot up in windows 7 it wouldnt boot so i said screw it, deleted the partition...
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Many people recommend partitioning a separate data partition. I run usually one 200 Mb partition because Microsoft made me do it, one 100-150 Gb partiton for Windows 7, a small 2-4 Gb swap partition, a 45 Gb Linux partition, and a Data partition (ntfs...
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"is there an order that would be better for the drive, physically? Would it possibly be faster...
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How can i dual boot windows 7 and Linux. Can i just create a disk partition and install Linux on that and have windows on another partition and will i be able to choose which one i ...show more
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yup, just create a second partition and load linux to that.. here is a good guide on how http://apcmag...
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FDISK deleted all partitions. I made the full disk a Windows/DOS partition. It was originally Puppy Linux. I install Windows and reboot the machine and get this error message: "GRUB loading, please wait... Error 17" [hangs] Why is GRUB still...
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Grub boot loader is installed on MBR (Master Boot Record) not on any partition. You can clean it by...
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