View Full Version : Any Windows 7 + Lucid Lynx success stories?
Access Excess
May 1st, 2010, 08:06 AM
I have Windows 7 64bit installed on one of my hard drives. It uses two partitions, the main one and the 100MB System-reserved one.
I'm planning on installing 10.04 LTS 64bit on a third partition, as /, no swap, since I need the last primary partition for a future install of FreeBSD 8.
Has anyone done a successful install of Lucid after installing Windows 7 and managed to dual boot without a hitch afterwards? I'm reading some really nasty reports of dual boot failings. :(
Thanks in advance! :)
markyb73
May 1st, 2010, 08:23 AM
as long as you grabbed lucid after it was oficially released then you should have the version that fixed that bug. I run 64 bit win7 and 64 bit lucid with no problems :)If grub doesn't see windows 7 then try running sudo update-grub to see if it detects it after.
As for a swap partition i guess as long as you have plenty of RAM then you probably do not need swap depending on what you use it for. I'm sure someone can give a better answer to that.
RedMaster
May 1st, 2010, 08:25 AM
I have on my disk installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, which I don't use, but for some reason it is staying there... And 10.04 64bit on other partition... Everything works just fine! No problems with the dual boot... But you have to install Windows 7 first and then Ubuntu because as far as I remember the stupid Windows makes problems...
It's the same on my netbook. I haven't got any problems when I made a clean install of 10.04 (before I was on 9.10) and after the install the GRUB detected the Windows 7 :)
krishnandu.sarkar
May 1st, 2010, 08:30 AM
Well....I'm using Win 7 32bit and Lucid Lynx. Just installed yesterday. Working like charm. No problem at all. Go ahed my friend.
KrisInfinity
May 1st, 2010, 08:37 AM
I'm dual booting Windows 7 32bit with Lucid 64bit. Installation went without a hitch from the lucid rc. :)
Access Excess
May 1st, 2010, 10:05 AM
Awesome! Thank you all for the quick replies!
I already have 7 installed and 4GB of RAM so I don't expect any problems.
Gonna go ahead and install it now. ^.^
RedMaster
May 1st, 2010, 10:08 AM
Awesome! Thank you all for the quick replies!
I already have 7 installed and 4GB of RAM so I don't expect any problems.
Gonna go ahead and install it now. ^.^
Go for it! ^^
You will be amazed how smooth and fast the installation is! :P
Access Excess
May 1st, 2010, 03:45 PM
I was amazed indeed! Looks great too!
And the startup time is much better. :D
Sporkman
May 1st, 2010, 04:05 PM
...since I need the last primary partition for a future install of FreeBSD 8.
Be careful! I had a Win 7 64 bit + Lucid 64 bit dual-boot install on my laptop which worked great. But then I installed PC-BSD 8, which I couldn't get grub to load. Turns out it messed up my disk partitions, then I messed them up even more trying to use that braindead program "testdisk".
Long story short, I ended up just nuking the whole disk & installing Lucid over the entire thing. Lost my Win 7, so I had to purchase a copy (as I never created a Win 7 recovery disk). On the bright side, though, this will enable me to run Win 7 in Virtualbox.
webmist09
June 18th, 2010, 08:03 AM
ok guys, I posted a query in Beginner section but since you are all saying how great the dual boot is, can you tell me if , after you worked in Windows, you could still login on Lucid, because I can't?Windows 7 installed first, then Lucid.
Lucid was working well but I needed to go ti Windows, since which I can no longer get past the Lucid login - despite having set to log me in automatically - and it no longer recognizes my admin password.
help anyone?
Hman242
June 18th, 2010, 08:09 AM
I'm currently dual-booting Windows 7 64bit and Ubuntu 10.04 64bit with no trouble.
wilee-nilee
June 18th, 2010, 08:13 AM
ok guys, I posted a query in Beginner section but since you are all saying how great the dual boot is, can you tell me if , after you worked in Windows, you could still login on Lucid, because I can't?Windows 7 installed first, then Lucid.
Lucid was working well but I needed to go ti Windows, since which I can no longer get past the Lucid login - despite having set to log me in automatically - and it no longer recognizes my admin password.
help anyone?
To start with since you have a boot problem, start your own thread and post the script in my sig, with the code tags. This is standard procedure to start a personal thread.;) Hopefully in the process of looking at the boot we can get to the password.
I have had no problems with either problems that you describe. It might be helpful to also mention your experience with Ubuntu, in how much.
webmist09
June 29th, 2010, 01:36 AM
Thanks Wilee-nilee, for your reply.
I am a beginner in forums, really, so first question is, how to start a new thread? must be blind as cannot find it in the forums.
booted into live Lucid cd, (am in it now) and got the info you requested, so soon as I know how to post a new thread, will do so - don't know heaps about Ubuntu, which is why I originally posted in the Absolute Beginners forum - but am learning. Have dabbled for a few years with various versions but this is the first time I have decided to be serious.
Thanks
wilee-nilee
June 29th, 2010, 01:44 AM
Thanks Wilee-nilee, for your reply.
I am a beginner in forums, really, so first question is, how to start a new thread? must be blind as cannot find it in the forums.
booted into live Lucid cd, (am in it now) and got the info you requested, so soon as I know how to post a new thread, will do so - don't know heaps about Ubuntu, which is why I originally posted in the Absolute Beginners forum - but am learning. Have dabbled for a few years with various versions but this is the first time I have decided to be serious.
Thanks
Go here (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=326)
Click this button mid top of page left and start your thread.
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adrianlee44
June 29th, 2010, 01:49 AM
It worked completely fine in the beginning. Lucid and Win 7 were both running very smoothly.
But for some reason after I installed and played around with the VGA drivers on lucid, Windows 7 started to act weird. I was able to boot into Win 7 but it wasn't able to generate any visual effects. The Start Menu doesn't appear and all the characters/letters aren't even shown in windows/dialogs.
Anyone experience this issue?
wilee-nilee
June 29th, 2010, 02:02 AM
It worked completely fine in the beginning. Lucid and Win 7 were both running very smoothly.
But for some reason after I installed and played around with the VGA drivers on lucid, Windows 7 started to act weird. I was able to boot into Win 7 but it wasn't able to generate any visual effects. The Start Menu doesn't appear and all the characters/letters aren't even shown in windows/dialogs.
Anyone experience this issue?
Lucid can only effect W7 in the boot, it makes no sense they are two different OS. If you are using a wubi install though Ubuntu is a file in W7 so you could have some corruption, but with just driver stuff this seems unlikely.
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