how to install linux alongside windows 7

You have only hard drive and Mint KDE is currently installed right? Is there anyway someone can like, Teamviewer my computer or something and run through the steps with me? I feel so stupid. Verson of windows would be Windows 7 Ultimate (on a disk) I just want to be able to boot into windows or linux when I turn my PC on, so I can instlal games on Windows and not run into compatibility issues. I can run the live version or install from it.

I have 1 hard drive, and Linux Mint KDE on a Tumbdrive which I boot like a disk.

Hmm, I see prices on that model is going up a bit since I last ordered some. If so, you can install Linux on the thumbdrive and have it be persistent since it would be a full install and take it with you when wanted instead of slaved to an internal hard drive. I've had no problem with that particular keyring USB drive for installing Linux to, some other thumbdrives have been problematic, only installing by finally using 'dd' from another thumbdrive which successfully loaded. Spearmint2 wrote:You using a single hard drive? Two hard drives? What version of windows? Can you spring the $10-12 for a new 16GB thumbdrive? Link not endorsement of vendor. It's also cheap and doesn't run afoul the wrath of Windows updates, fix boots, recover functions, and so forth. It's not for everyone, but for me, having Linux on a USB flash drive provides the ultimate mobility and security I like. When in Linux you have access both to the thumbdrive's partitions and to the windows hard drive too, or can add an ext2-3-4 partition to the hard drive to save files to that are just for Linux use and to keep from prying eyes from anyone just using the Windows capability on the computer. Windows won't see anything past that first partition on the thumbdrive. You can set it up to be fully Linux or put a first partition as FAT 16, FAT 32, or NTFS read only (any such partition for file sharing must be first one, windows will NOT see beyond the first partition on a thumbdrive), usually about 5GB and use that to place files you want to see when in Windows.

The boot time can be slower, but once it's booted up into RAM things speed up and stay there. If you check some of my posts, I go into detail on several on how to install Kubuntu or Mint 14 onto thumbdrive. You using a single hard drive? Two hard drives? What version of windows? Can you spring the $10-12 for a new 16GB thumbdrive? Link not endorsement of vendor.

How to install linux alongside windows 7