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Unfortunately my dongle doesn't use a sim card (sigh)

Right now I am on Win7 and don't have the dongle with me (wife has it).

Note: on another post I was looking for a way to dual boot linux...

Thanks, but I have a 3G version of the ZTE dongle.

My main problem is I have used PCLOS for about 3 years and nearly never had to alter files or manually make changes. PCLOS is great but doesn't...

Update: I finally got Ubuntu 12.1 or whatever the latest 32 bit version is.

It does not even show the usb dongle. Also, there is nothing in the hardware settings to actually let me look at the...

For the umteenth time I am trying to D/L Ubuntu 32 bit 12.04

I am still stuck with Win7 right now.

I went to MS tech support and they want me to call them. Problem is that my cell phone plan...

yes, i am in the usa and they have a bad habit of locking everything so you have to PAY for each tiny little thing.

While i will see if something else is available i would like to point out that...

Mine is an ASUS K55a running Win7 Home Premium.

Before I install any flavor of Linux I make sure it works with everything.

IMHO Ubuntu is a resource hog but Mint doesn't seem so (not capping...

I wish ANY Linux distro would even recognize my cricket dongle...

ZTE AC3781 usb dongle 10/18/2012

Until Linux catches up I am STUCK with Windows 7
:mad:

Lets assume you had some flavor...

I have contacted ASUS about the issue to see if I can turn off UEFI and use BIOS only since I only have a 500gb hard drive and UEFI isn't needed. Still waiting for a reply.

If I can then I...

Uh-Oh, i just realized something. What if my laptop has uefi active, I put in a totally new hard drive ten install linux to that drive. Will linux know to make extra partitions?
When manually...

I was trying to have manual control over which OS I waned to boot from, not use grub or win bootloader or uefi bootloader to do it.

If one thing happens then neither might not be bootable. And...

This still doesn't tell me how to dual boot and it requires a windows full install cd/dvd to do it.

http://i.technet.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC514412.png

Is there a linux pic that shows how linux...

So I am stuck with each OS knowing the other is there?

What happens if I unplug the flash drive that I plan on having linux on for the interim? Or the flash drive fails?

Does that mean Windows...

It appears that none of the links you provided are suitable for my needs.
They all require typing and manually editing things

I was looking for some sort of automatic process with a nice GUI for...

Thanks for the links and info. This will take me a bit of time to go through.

Is there any risk of destroying my ability to use win7?

Personally I would want to remove the existing hard drive...

Win7 with uefi on a regular laptop hard drive.

I can run a live version of linux but that takes far too long to do every time and it ties up my burner if i want to use it.

I have an XP desktop...

I unplugged the hard drive, plugged in the flash drive, started the computer, installed Mint 13 kde 64 bit, restarted, tested linux, shut down, plugged hard drive back in. That is when linux quit...

Had to reply just to turn in the instant notification setting....

I just bought a ASUS K55a notebook computer, i5, 4gb ram, 500gb hard drive.

I also bought a Cricket ZTE AC3781 USB internet dongle, a prepaid internet access.

It works without a problem with...

I just tried to dual boot Mint 13, an Ubuntu Derivative. I unplugged my hard drive and wanted to install linux to a flash drive. That worked perfectly with one hardware exception - will post in...