Debian dual boot with Windows 7

[James Kramer]

Thanks for the help.  It is comforting to know that Windows 7 is not
going to brick my computer for trying to install Linux.  I hope that
my Bios supports Virtualization in the hardware.  Hopefully my PC will
arrive today.

Jay


On 5/3/10, Richard Chonak <rac-7q86n6wRh+gPnHn3N7+5xA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 05/03/2010 10:29 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>  > The steps I use to set up dual boot are:
>  > 1. Resize the Windows partition to the desired size using either the
>  > Windows resizer or stand along gparted.
>
> As a preliminary step, defrag the Windows disk to maximize the size of
> the free space at the end of the Windows partition.   A (free) trial
> copy of "DiskPerfect" does a better job of this than the built-in
> Windows defragger.
>
> After that, you can use the built-in Windows tool to resize (shrink) the
> Windows partition.
>
> --RC
>
>
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