TheTobi213
January 25th, 2013, 12:00 AM
Hello all!
I've wanted to try to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 ever since i first tried out Ubuntu 11.08 (i think that's where i started anyway...). I have a 500gb hard drive that had Ubuntu on it previous to this, and I'm using a 150gb hard drive with Windows 7 on it right now, and i have 8gb RAM. What I'd like to do is have the ability to choose between Ubuntu and Windows 7, using the 2 hard drives as a single unit, using Ubuntu as my basic OS and having Windows 7 there just for my windows-only games (Supreme Commander, Borderlands, Skyrim, etc.). I've been going into the BIOS of my machine and manually switching the OS/hard drive... it sucks and it's time-consuming. I figured i'd at least ask for help on how to do this before i mess up both of my hard drives and end up losing them. Is this even possible, or do i need to explain myself better?
^^ Thanks in advance for the help!
As a side note, I've tried using Ubuntu through VMware on Windows 7 and vice versa. The VM, for some reason, really bogs up.
I've wanted to try to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 ever since i first tried out Ubuntu 11.08 (i think that's where i started anyway...). I have a 500gb hard drive that had Ubuntu on it previous to this, and I'm using a 150gb hard drive with Windows 7 on it right now, and i have 8gb RAM. What I'd like to do is have the ability to choose between Ubuntu and Windows 7, using the 2 hard drives as a single unit, using Ubuntu as my basic OS and having Windows 7 there just for my windows-only games (Supreme Commander, Borderlands, Skyrim, etc.). I've been going into the BIOS of my machine and manually switching the OS/hard drive... it sucks and it's time-consuming. I figured i'd at least ask for help on how to do this before i mess up both of my hard drives and end up losing them. Is this even possible, or do i need to explain myself better?
^^ Thanks in advance for the help!
As a side note, I've tried using Ubuntu through VMware on Windows 7 and vice versa. The VM, for some reason, really bogs up.