Fw: Dual Booting -Toggle between O/Systems

[The Wassermans]

The journey onto Ubuntu has begun . . . . . 

I have successfully loaded a Dual Boot on a test machine.  i.e. Windows and Ubuntu.  So I now know what to expect when loading DB to my primary machine.

The objective is to slowly migrate from Windows to Ubuntu.  I want to achieve is a situation where I can simply toggle between the two systems - depending on what application I might be working with at any time.  In so doing I hope to ween myself (& my wife who is not very PC literate) onto Ubuntu totally.  So, in my minds eye, I want to log onto Windows by default (so that my wife is not confronted with anything unusual when she logs on)  but have the ability to toggle into Ubuntu on the fly for my own purposes.  

Windows by default I can manage.  I would like some pointers on:

    1. How to create a toggle?
    2. Share or access data files seamlessly between the systems?

I do have access to a couple of spare PC's so I guess there are other alternatives.  But, ideally I am looking for a solution where we sit at one terminal with one data base shared by the two systems.

    3. Is networking a better solution for me?
    4. When installing Ubuntu, it offers to migrate existing Windows data "yes/no" in the process.  What happens in that case?

In gratitude,
Dave W
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