I'll tell you one thing anyone would back up anything you cannot afford to lose run the restore utility that makes your restore disks then, if ya hose your system you can restore windows then you can do a dual-boot. D
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:58 PM, younger.matthew <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi, I am totally new to the Linux OS. I have an HP Pavilion Dv4 Laptop that > has windows 7 on it. I really do not like Windows. I hear that Linux is > supposed to be a good OS. I do not know where to start. I want Linux. I > would probably go with Mint since it runs so good with the Sun virtual box. > I need to keep windows. CANNOT risk ANY data loss. I know there is a way to > partition the Hard Drive to Run both OS but do not know how to do it and it > sounds a little risky. Also... I am aware that the Broadcam wireless adapter > that is built in to my laptop might not work. This is a big drawback. Is > there a solution for this? If not then I have a linksys wireless usb thing > that plugs into the computer that might work. But I'd rather have the one > that is built in. I need a lot of description! I have NEVER used Linux ever! > I hope that there is a Linux genius out there that can help me. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
