I want to install dual operating systems on my computer but I’m kind of nervous about doing it myself. So, can anyone tell me where I should take it (in houston) to have them installed? Do I take it to a regular computer repair specialist or somewhere else?
Have you decided what operating systems and how many you will install on your computer system?
I use Linux, and early on I spend a great deal of time creating dual boot systems with Microsoft and Linux as I was unlearning the Microsoft way. Yes all operating systems are similar but Linux, MAC and Microsoft use different software and procedures when you first start dual booting. I used my Users groups to learn the differences, I also learned how to rapidly install Linux, WinXP and Vista any time i wanted so I was not timid nor hesitant in using different operating systems on my hardware.
With any time spent with a dual boot system you discover there is a great deal of software that will run on all three operating systems making it easy to master cross platform software, rather than attempting to learn different software for different operating systems. This is something that is hidden from most computer users, and small businesses.
I always believed I could not accomplish the same things on Linux as I knew how to do with a Microsoft operating system. I used my local Linux users group, and the Linux sub group of the PC Users group in my city to learn otherwise. I have never found a Mac/Linux software comparison…
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
Both Usergroups showed me how to install Linux, how to remove it and restore the Microsoft boot system. That set of lessons I had to perform a dozen times before i felt confident to accomplish this on my own at 4 in the morning…
Cost wise using the User groups in your city is far cheaper and I believe is a better educational learning method, than walking down the street to a computer store & paying them to perform the dual boot transformation for you.
I have never tried a MAC as they are far to expensive for my pocket, but there are a three users in the Linux Usersgroup I still attend that dual Boot, Linux and Mac operating systems… One of the Mac users is not a Mac user, but a Hackintosh user dual booting with Linux…
There are also companies on-line that will sell you a new computer with the operating systems of your choice, far different than the Monopolistic non-choices we are offered in the mass merchandiser/large big box retail location within the boundaries of the US…
A Microsoft operating system is easily installed if you have the recovery disks they do not ship any longer, these can be ordered inexpensively from the manufacture of your computer brand. Linux is a fee download from lots of locations, but you will need a ISO burner that is never installed on a Microsoft Operating system…
http://distrowatch.com/
I use the free IMGburn to burn downloaded ISOs on computers running Microsoft Operating system… This software is also available for the MAC Operating system…
http://www.imgburn.com/
JR
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Apr 20, 2011 at 05:55:59
Ask at repair shops or ask around to see if there’s a high school kid who’ll do it for a few bucks. (Assuming you’re going to be running Windows and Linux, if you can’t install Linux yourself, you probably won’t be able to run it.)
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Apr 20, 2011 at 06:17:59
I’d ask around on Craigslist. A computer repair/tech shop will probably overcharge you.
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Apr 20, 2011 at 06:48:59
Have you decided what operating systems and how many you will install on your computer system?
I use Linux, and early on I spend a great deal of time creating dual boot systems with Microsoft and Linux as I was unlearning the Microsoft way. Yes all operating systems are similar but Linux, MAC and Microsoft use different software and procedures when you first start dual booting. I used my Users groups to learn the differences, I also learned how to rapidly install Linux, WinXP and Vista any time i wanted so I was not timid nor hesitant in using different operating systems on my hardware.
With any time spent with a dual boot system you discover there is a great deal of software that will run on all three operating systems making it easy to master cross platform software, rather than attempting to learn different software for different operating systems. This is something that is hidden from most computer users, and small businesses.
I always believed I could not accomplish the same things on Linux as I knew how to do with a Microsoft operating system. I used my local Linux users group, and the Linux sub group of the PC Users group in my city to learn otherwise. I have never found a Mac/Linux software comparison…
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
Both Usergroups showed me how to install Linux, how to remove it and restore the Microsoft boot system. That set of lessons I had to perform a dozen times before i felt confident to accomplish this on my own at 4 in the morning…
Cost wise using the User groups in your city is far cheaper and I believe is a better educational learning method, than walking down the street to a computer store & paying them to perform the dual boot transformation for you.
I have never tried a MAC as they are far to expensive for my pocket, but there are a three users in the Linux Usersgroup I still attend that dual Boot, Linux and Mac operating systems… One of the Mac users is not a Mac user, but a Hackintosh user dual booting with Linux…
There are also companies on-line that will sell you a new computer with the operating systems of your choice, far different than the Monopolistic non-choices we are offered in the mass merchandiser/large big box retail location within the boundaries of the US…
A Microsoft operating system is easily installed if you have the recovery disks they do not ship any longer, these can be ordered inexpensively from the manufacture of your computer brand. Linux is a fee download from lots of locations, but you will need a ISO burner that is never installed on a Microsoft Operating system…
http://distrowatch.com/
I use the free IMGburn to burn downloaded ISOs on computers running Microsoft Operating system… This software is also available for the MAC Operating system…
http://www.imgburn.com/
JR
References :
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
http://distrowatch.com/
http://www.imgburn.com/