Thinkpad W510 advice

[Mark Widdicombe]

On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 09:12 -0500, bauerh wrote:
> I am about to take possession of my new Thinkpad W510, which comes with
> Genuine Windows 7 Professional(32bit), Intel
> Core i7-720QM Processor(1.6 GHz, 6MB L3,1333MHz). I do NOT intend to use
> Windows but install ubuntu 10.10.
> As I am not sure about the correct procedure of removing win 7 from the
> installation without jeopardising a clean ubuntu installation, your
> expert, highly experienced guidance is sought and kindly requested.
> Hans

Hi Hans,

I would not uninstall it, just reduce the size of its partition and then
install Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration.  It will make it much
easier a couple of years down the line when you may want to resell your
Thinkpad to have the original OEM install of Windows still installed.
We have Windows 7 Professional installed on our desktop, but we never
boot it and I've almost forgotten it's there.  It only takes up about
20G of HD space.

Regards,
Mark


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