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make sure your dont trash your win 7 install, you might not want to do that.<br />
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Another option is to install VirtualBox on Win7 and then create your Linus system as a virtual system under that, you can then easily have different versions to try as well.
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make sure your dont trash your win 7 install, you might not want to do that.

Another option is to install VirtualBox on Win7 and then create your Linus system as a virtual system under that, you can then easily have different versions to try as well.

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I have win7 preloaded on a laptop.<br />
I have 2 unused &nbsp;logical drives i could place linux on.<br />
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I download ubunutu and what next<br />
I follow this?<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/22/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-11-04/" rel="ugc">http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/22/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-11-04/</a>
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I have win7 preloaded on a laptop.
I have 2 unused  logical drives i could place linux on.

I download ubunutu and what next
I follow this?
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/22/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-11-04/

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