Windows 7 dual boot with Linux

[G Gambill]

Rusty, and others, please no flame war. I will most likely only do email
web browsing open office org and so forth. Nothing fancy. Maybe learning
such as java and others.

I am not totally new to Linux. Several years ago I installed LTSP on a
fairly nice Pentium with several old 33mhz 486 dumb terminals running OOo.
Impressive.

I also have played with Red Hat, anoher distribution that was bought out by
a Canadian company (don't remember the name), and recently Ubuntu. The
operative word here is played. Things have changed and I just want an easy
to GUI.

The bootable USB drive is interesting.

Thanks
On Jan 11, 2015 7:23 PM, "Rusty Ramser" <rusty_ramser at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, and regarding this question you had...
>
> "Which Linux version is recommended?"
>
>
>
> You're trying to start a flamewar, aren't you?  :)  Everyone is going to
> have their favourite, but if you want to go with something that is
> generally considered to be a good distro for people starting out with
> Linux, Ubuntu and Linux Mint are usually the top suggestions.  You can
> create bootable USBs/DVDs to take a look at each of them first, and then
> decide.
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
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>
>
>
> *From:* Rusty Ramser [mailto:rusty_ramser at hotmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 11, 2015 19:11
> *To:* 'Main PLUG discussion list'
> *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 dual boot with Linux
>
>
>
> Hi, George.
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>
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> You won't be able to do it in that order.  A Windows installation will
> stomp all over a Linux install.  Install Windows first on a designated
> partition, then install Linux second.  Linux will recognize the Windows
> installation and behave nicely with it.  You'll then have a GRUB2 (most
> likely) boot loader which will let you pick your Windows or Linux
> installation at each boot.
>
>
>
> Regarding that drive you have that lost its boot sector:  If you want to
> try to recover the Windows partition (or at least data files from it), it's
> worth booting a USB or DVD installation of a Linux recovery distro.  They
> might even be able to repair the Windows MBR so it works again.
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [
> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org
> <plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org>] *On Behalf Of *G Gambill
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 11, 2015 18:58
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Windows 7 dual boot with Linux
>
>
>
> My wife's laptop (Windows 7 Home on 64 bit) seems to have lost the boot
> sector. The Windows came on the laptop so no Windows install DVD's.
>
> I just bought a 1 TB Western Digital drive Looking to partition half for
> Linux and half for Windows (probably 7 pro) dual boot windows 7 and Linux
> (for me)
>
> I am hoping to install Linux first then Windows after I find a reasonable
> priced copy.
> Question:
>
> 1) Is it reasonable to install Linux first and have Windows installed
> later as the default boot (Wife's computer)?
>
> 2) When is the next installfest?
>
> 3) Is this (partition and install Linux) something you folks can do at the
> next installfest such that I can install Windows later?
>
> 4) Is there a better way?
>
> 5) Which Linux version is recommended?
>
> TIA
> George
>
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