[ubuntu-uk] Dual booting (Was: Re: Bug Day)

[James Milligan]

My Dad is quite savvy, but I'm more savvy ;-)

When I start explaining something, like the viruses, he'd /somehow/ find a
way to get back at me for it (not sure what, but he would).

Can I use a USB external HDD? If I could, would there be a noticeable
difference in performance? Also got no problems with backing up, got plenty
of storage ;-)
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[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Stephen O'Neill
Sent: 29 July 2008 13:22
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Dual booting (Was: Re: Bug Day)

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James Milligan wrote:
> I've shown him one of the guides on the internet about dual-booting 
> (http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_fi
> rst.ht
> m) but he still wasn't keen - what can I persuade him with?

Not sure really - have you tried http://wubi-installer.org/?

It all depends on how savvy your Dad is as to how you persuade him I guess.
If you backup all your data then you've nothing to lose. Buying a second
hard drive so that you don't have to repartition your old one would be an
added safeguard.


> Just thinking - this is going a bit off-topic now (oops)

No probs - I've changed the subject heading so that everyone knows we've
gone off on a tangent :D

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