Unlike my last attempt at moving to the Linux world, I'm going to try this a little more sanely. Last time I decided to abandon all things M$ and jump directly into Linux leaving myself in a position of dealing with a learning curve just to get Linux up and running at a time when I needed to keep a functional computer.
So, with all that said, what do I need to do/avoid doing to set up a dual boot with Win7 and Ubuntu?
I have a smallish (250Gig SSD) system drive and Windows plus windows apps have fairly well filled it (about 45Gig free). I currently have a 2T (1.81Gig formatted) that I have recently cleaned off, moving everything to a 3T Raid 1. I plan on using the 2T drive for Linux then hiding it in Windows so M$ or I don't accidentally screw things up when I'm booted to Windows.
So, other that backing up the important stuff, can I just reboot and install Ubuntu to the newly cleaned drive or are there other precautions I need to take?
Thanks...
So, with all that said, what do I need to do/avoid doing to set up a dual boot with Win7 and Ubuntu?
I have a smallish (250Gig SSD) system drive and Windows plus windows apps have fairly well filled it (about 45Gig free). I currently have a 2T (1.81Gig formatted) that I have recently cleaned off, moving everything to a 3T Raid 1. I plan on using the 2T drive for Linux then hiding it in Windows so M$ or I don't accidentally screw things up when I'm booted to Windows.
So, other that backing up the important stuff, can I just reboot and install Ubuntu to the newly cleaned drive or are there other precautions I need to take?
Thanks...
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