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kraith

New Member

Registered: 2014-04-29

Posts: 5

How to run alongside Windows 7

I'm a newbie to Linux. How do I run this build alongside Windows 7?

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,440

Re: How to run alongside Windows 7

Install it in another partition, and let grub manage the boot process. Your windoze installation will be one of the boot options

Search the forums for how to dual boot with windows7 - there is a lot of info

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mos

Member

Registered: 2013-10-12

Posts: 11

Re: How to run alongside Windows 7

I have to say, crunchbang was surprisingly one of the friendliest dual-booting process ever - I mean, it's not direct or anything but something about the process was clearer than some of the other graphical installers which only made me nervous about pressing next.

but im still a newbie too.

Bearded_Blunder

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2014-04-04

Posts: 242

Re: How to run alongside Windows 7

Re the actual dual boot config:

Don't get tempted to try configuring to use the Windows bootloader to manage dual booting, unless absolutely forced to by problems, it's perfectly doable, but decidedly non-trivial for a new user...

The good news is it's much less hassle than it used to be, much more reliable, and generally automatic.. just a case (usually) of accepting the defaults and letting the installer manage it.

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