Dual booting Linux and Windows 7

[etcetera]

what I suggest you do is take out the HDD and smash it with a hammer until it's in microscopic bits.

Oh wait. Don't do that just yet. Use Clonezilla to copy your data from HDD to SSD.

THEN you can smash the HDD with a hammer.

Wait. Don't do that either. You can actually use it for backups. Imagine. Since it's spinning rust, it will not go bad like an SSD which, if disconnected for a number of years, will lose its charge.

Old HDD make perfect media for backups. You can use that USB based gizmo where it plugs it. Both 3.5" and 2.5".

 

[shinnen]

what I suggest you do is take out the HDD and smash it with a hammer until it's in microscopic bits.

Oh wait. Don't do that just yet. Use Clonezilla to copy your data from HDD to SSD.

THEN you can smash the HDD with a hammer.

Wait. Don't do that either. You can actually use it for backups. Imagine. Since it's spinning rust, it will not go bad like an SSD which, if disconnected for a number of years, will lose its charge.

Old HDD make perfect media for backups. You can use that USB based gizmo where it plugs it. Both 3.5" and 2.5".

OK. I won't take the hammer to it ...... yet. It's actually working .... well, somewhat OK. You have to remember that my expectations are low; after all my main computer (desktop) is an OLD Comaq running Windows 7. The only thing saving it is that the hard drive is an SSD, so it boots up in about 10 seconds, petty good.
So ..... Clonezilla is a the backup app of choie for Linux?
... john

 

[etcetera]

Clonezilla creates a perfect clone of a source HDD/SSD. So if you get a SSD and want to preserve data off your old disk, you can employ it for that purpose. An SSD is a solid state, so it's not a hard drive.

 

[krondar]

If you have a spare HDD drive, you can buy a cheap USB enclosure for it, and as @etcetera said - use it for backup. You can do a clonezilla clone, sure, but If you will stay with Linux, and use it as daily driver, you don't have to - If you use Mint, there is a cool tool called "Timeshift" you can use. And it's with graphical interface

 

[shinnen]

Clonezilla creates a perfect clone of a source HDD/SSD. So if you get a SSD and want to preserve data off your old disk, you can employ it for that purpose. An SSD is a solid state, so it's not a hard drive.

Hi etcetera,
Thanks for the information. Yes, I guess an SSD is more like a flash drive; although I think of it as a hard drive.
..... john

 

[shinnen]

If you have a spare HDD drive, you can buy a cheap USB enclosure for it, and as @etcetera said - use it for backup. You can do a clonezilla clone, sure, but If you will stay with Linux, and use it as daily driver, you don't have to - If you use Mint, there is a cool tool called "Timeshift" you can use. And it's with graphical interface

Thanks for the information!
.... john

 

[etcetera]

I applaud you for keeping Seven alive. You are not the only one. Some people like it and have no real reason to change.

 

[josefhartmann]

Hello, good thread. Keep your Windows and Linux installations up to speed with the most recent software updates and security fixes. Furthermore, partition your hard disk carefully at all times to prevent unintentionally erasing or corrupting crucial data.

 

[RonnDu]

Greetings to all, I have read them and I liked the conversation, I would be happy if you could help me, I have a Toshiba laptop from 2007, 2GB of ram with a 100 GB HDD, I have Win 7 installed but I want to partition the HDD and install a Lightweight Linux I was thinking about Peppermint or Linux Lite 4 a dual boot , what do you advise me?

 

[PavloKozlenko]

Hi,
I would like to dual boot Linux along side of my Windows 7 installation (Acer laptop). My main reason for want to do this, is that I'm trying to jailbreak one of my phones, and Linux seems to be the default OS for this proceedure. I would like to install the most Windows-like disto that will do what I want.
Any help is appreciated.
.... john

install virtualbox (windows10) and throw it away usb device phone.

 

[Brickwizard]

what do you advise me?

OK so 0n a 2008 machine you may have problems with it NOT being USB bootable, in which case you will need the DVD usually suggest DVD -R for this method, and record at slowest speed [yes it will take longer but less likely to create errors],
Also it will probably Not be UEFI so Legacy boot would be the way to go,
By modern standards, the T5500 CPU is not fast, so stick to a light weight distribution, such as, Anti-x, Linux Lite, Bunsen Labs,[to name but a few] or for a fuller build, Peppermint, Mint LMDE, Parrot Home, Kubuntu are some [there are others] that will still run on just 2Gb of ram

you do not have to partition the disc in most distributions the installer can if you wish, do it for you.