Depending on how much RAM you have, I'd go with Ubuntu 10.10 and run Windows in a VM.
I'm surprised you can't just enter a license key for Win7. Maybe have it ask for the previous XP or whatever key, the way the CF installs worked. Ah well. :Den -- The lie is a condition of life. Friedrich Nietzsche On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Maureen wrote: > > The hard drive on my HP laptop crashed. I got the files recovered but > they wanted over 400 bucks to re-install the operating system on the > new drive...NOT paying that today. > > The laptop had Vista on it, which I hate, so I am thinking I will > either install XP Pro, for which I have the disks from another laptop > with a dead power supply, or upgrade to Win 7. > > I was also thinking that perhaps I would make it a dual boot and put > Linux on part of the hard drive. > > However, it has been years since I installed Windows because > everything I've bought in the last 10 years or so came with the OS > already installed, or else I had an IT tech to do the installs for me. > > I'm fairly sure that to install Win 7 as a upgrade I will have to > install either XP or Vista first because the drive is blank and the > upgrade will look for the previous install. > > Could one of you kind souls give a quick bullet list of what the best > approach would be for this task? My google-foo seems to be depleted > on this topic. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
