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Dualbooting Windows 7 and Ubuntu

So, I decided to take another stab at the Ubuntu/Linux Operating System and this time around, i decided that it would be best to have separate physical hard disks as opposed to partitioning ONE hard disk. The process has become less frightening for me because I'm learning to read the prompts & not be scared of hitting the "cancel" button. :) I installed Windows 7 first because it's much easier to do the dualboot when Windows is on the disk already. Installing Ubuntu 9.10 was painless particularly because I had separate hard disks. BUT I ran into an ...

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Recommendations for a seamless migration to Windows 7

I've been using Windows 7 for over a week now and it feels very familiar, but much faster and more stable than Windows Vista SP2. Some have opined that Windows 7 is what Windows Vista should have been and I have to agree reluctantly. Without knowing all the facts, it appears that they had to ship something and Vista was it. Their slogan for Vista was "The WOW starts NOW" and if you've read several screeds about Vista's failures, you can appreciate the irony of that slogan. ...

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