Windows  10 isa bugger. Tried installing Liux in anotheer partition and
because I had to LVM Linux overwrote all my Windows partitions

That method is easy in Windows 7

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:30 PM, David Lowe <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On 27 Jun 2016 9:12 pm, "criggie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Looking for an idiot proof way install Linux Mint on Windows
> > > System attached below
> >
> > Your options:
> > 1* two separate computers  Honestly - this is the most idiot proof.
> > 2* set your computer to run some kind of VM environment
> > 3* dedicate a server machine to running VMs
> > 4* Amazon
> >
> >
>
> Really? Surely the best way is to shrink the windows partition by at least
> 20 gigs and then install Mint side by side. The installer works out how to
> leave Windows alone and the boot manager handles the rest. It's so idiot
> proof I have done it several times and never broken anything. I can mount
> windows folders for data sharing. All this talk about virtualization is
> very cool but seems way over the top.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
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