[wellylug] Dual boot

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 16:47 +1200, Richard Hector wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I don't think I've had a dual boot machine since Windows 3.11 ...
> 
> How easy is it to do these days? I'm looking at getting a laptop with
> Windows Vista (shudder) on it; will that present any problems?
> 
> Do the silly restore disks that seem common with modern laptops
> generally let you stick windows on a small partition? Or do you have to
> use some repartitioning software to shrink it afterwards? The debian
> installer claims to be able to do this; is that known to work with
> Vista?

hi Richard,

some vendors still provide restore disks, however some of them no longer
do, and instead have a restore partition on the hard disk. Other vendors
have both a restore partition and restore disks.

If you are provided with no restore disks, you will need to use the
vendor supplied software to create them.

Usually the restore partitions are able to reinstall windows on the
existing partition, but if you have adjusted the partition stucture, you
may need to use the disks.

cheers,

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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