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On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 09:57 -0400, James Kramer wrote: > I should be receiving a new computer soon. It will have a copy of > Windows 7 installed on a single partition. I have several questions: > 1. How difficult will it be for me to install a dual boot Debian > system on the computer? I am familiar with Debian. I just don't know > how difficult it is installing it with a new Windows 7 system given > Microsoft's proven track record of making it difficult for installing > dual boot systems. > 2. I am planning to make a backup copy of the system using Clonezilla > so that in the unlikely event that something happens while trying to > install Debian, I can restore the original system. Is Clonezilla the > best choice for this? > 3. It is my understanding that Window 7 comes with a built in disk > repartioner. I was planning to use it to shrink the size of the > partition prior to installing Debian. Is it better to use Gparted to > resize the Windows partition? > I first used the Windows 7 repartioner but did not think that it reduced the Windows partition size as much as it should have. I then used Gparted to make it smaller. Windows seemed okay afterwards. > 4. Can I make an image of Windows 7 using Clonezilla and then > reinstall the image in a virtual environment? > > 4. If it is too much trouble to install Debian as a dual boot,is > there something similar to Wubi for Debian that I can use? > > Thanks in advance for the advice. > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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