I recently bought a Dell laptop that came with win7. I started it and
did some testing as I recall. So I launched the Win7. I then replaced
win7 with Mint 17 KDE. I need access to windows and would like to run a
copy of Win7 in a VM if possible.
It is my understanding that running
Harold,
This decision is up to what you would like to do. Dual booting Windows and
CentOS will not affect your ability to remote into your computer while
offsite. The risk of security is no different if you just at CentOS
running honestly. Any computer can be riddled with all sorts of malicious
From your answer I am realizing that the question I should be asking is
how do I end up with a Win 7 ISO.
I know WIN hides a restore version on a hidden partition, but I have
never figured how to get a usable copy from the HDD to use for loading,
or reloading.
Harold
On 09/11/2014 11:27
Harold,
Todd has a few ISOs of WINs 7 and I might have some myself. Yes WINs 7 can
make a snapshot of the system or make a recovery disk which would be
something you could do. I've never done it myself but there are great
articles out there on google to tell you how. If anything you could wait
I have access to MSDN and can download certain ISO's But what i would do is
make a disk image with something like clonezilla of your Win7 driver and
stash that on a USB hdd or something similar and you can just re-image back
to stock if you need to do warranty work ect.
then you cna full wipe and
The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18
We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am -
4pm.
Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224,
which is the
NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye. There is a free public
parking garage
across the
Thank you,
I now have my new system sitting in a box by the front door.
I am looking forward to seeing some of the people.
It has been a very long time.
Harold
On 09/11/2014 05:20 PM, jill wrote:
The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18
We'll have regular Installfest
