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 PostPost subject: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:59 am 
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The question is quite simple, do you have dualboot?
If yes, post which systems are you dualbooting, for example :

I am dualbooting Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP w/ WMC


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:46 am 
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Whistler4Ever wrote:
The question is quite simple, do you have dualboot?
If yes, post which systems are you dualbooting, for example :

I am dualbooting Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP w/ WMC

Yes.

On my main (laptop): Windows 7 HP and Windows 8 RP (with WMC) (Windows 8 is on vhd)
On my netbook: Windows 8 CP and Windows 7 Standard

Once 8 comes out I'll install it on my main without dualboot.
Not sure if I'll buy 8 for my netbook-since its a bit old, but if I do, I'll prob dualboot it with Ubuntu (but not sure if I need ubuntu, since Windows 8 is quite fast, on the other hand the start sceen will be annoying since Metro doesn't work with small screens).


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:19 am 
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Windows Vista and Ubuntu 12.04. Both x64.


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:20 am 
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Windows Vista and Ubuntu 12.04. Both x64.

Vista?

Which one do you use more?


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:21 am 
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I use both indifferently.


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:31 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:56 pm 
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windows Vista home premium 64, windows 7 home premium 64, I mostly use vista for browsing and gaming because 7 came preloaded on the pc with a lot of bloatware,so vistas a lot faster and boots faster too,but 7 has my serious programmes like office and photoshop.

You downgraded from Windows 7 to Vista due to Bloatware? And then installed Office+Photoshop on the least used OS? :?


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:48 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:21 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:26 pm 
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Yes. I've got Windows 7 Ultimate x86 in my primary partition and it's my main os, got office installed on it, some games, various programs etc... and in a secondary partition i've installed Windows 8 Pro RTM x86 just for testing it, but i'm thinking of removing it since the metro ui theme gives me an headache (i also thought that it was done better, the RTM of Win 8 looks made really fast leaving also some small graphics bugs :-/ , plus the metro ui start screen is totally unuseful in my laptop ) .I prefer sticking with 7 because it has got gadgets and the good old microsoft games and better customization and better compatibility, although Win 8 is a bit faster than 7 :-)


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:23 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:19 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:33 pm 
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At the minute I do, although on 2 different HDDs, but only because I thought I would be wiping Win 8 after a while but its growing on me

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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:42 am 
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I used to dual boot Windows XP with Windows 7, but then my XP OS got so outdated (I used windows 7 instead), I scrapped it entirely after I reinstalled my computer.

So no, I don't dual boot. I was thinking of getting Ubuntu on my secondary hdd, but I found out that the disk speed wasn't fit for that kinda thing. :/

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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:01 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:42 pm 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:31 am 
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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:11 pm 
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soulman wrote:
No. I have a quintuple boot.

Cool, but you forgot to list the OSs.

I was thinking about putting Ubuntu 12.10 as my third-but you can't boot Ubuntu off VHD, and Ubuntu and Windows don't mix too well (although I suppose GRUB works OK). It might be fun to use though, so maybe...


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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:08 pm 
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No. I have a quintuple boot.

Cool, but you forgot to list the OSs.

I was thinking about putting Ubuntu 12.10 as my third-but you can't boot Ubuntu off VHD, and Ubuntu and Windows don't mix too well (although I suppose GRUB works OK). It might be fun to use though, so maybe...

Do a Wubi install. Your Ubuntu partition will be limited to 30 GB, but you'll be able to easily access and use all your Windows files.

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soulman wrote:
No. I have a quintuple boot.

Cool, but you forgot to list the OSs.

I was thinking about putting Ubuntu 12.10 as my third-but you can't boot Ubuntu off VHD, and Ubuntu and Windows don't mix too well (although I suppose GRUB works OK). It might be fun to use though, so maybe...

Do a Wubi install. Your Ubuntu partition will be limited to 30 GB, but you'll be able to easily access and use all your Windows files.


True, and I do recommend Wubi for those who primarily use Windows. But sometimes, you might get slow file transfer speeds while using a Wubi Ubuntu installation. At least I had that.

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SotirisMichail wrote:
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Do a Wubi install. Your Ubuntu partition will be limited to 30 GB, but you'll be able to easily access and use all your Windows files.


True, and I do recommend Wubi for those who primarily use Windows. But sometimes, you might get slow file transfer speeds while using a Wubi Ubuntu installation. At least I had that.

Yeah, I had that too on occasion. Dunno why.

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 PostPost subject: Re: Do you have dualboot?        Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:25 pm 
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Do a Wubi install. Your Ubuntu partition will be limited to 30 GB, but you'll be able to easily access and use all your Windows files.

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that. (and I probably wouldn't go over 30GB for Ubuntu anyway-just use external drive for any large files).


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