murphyac
May 7th, 2011, 04:35 AM
Hello,
I just got a Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) laptop with Windows 7 installed. My processor is a Core i3 and I have 4 Gb memory and a 500 Gb hard disk. I have created a 100 Gb partition on the hard disk and I wish to install Ubuntu 11.04 on this partition and dual boot with Windows7.
Ubuntu 11.04 comes in 2 versions, the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version. Which of these should I download and install? On my Dell Dimension desktop, I have Ubuntu 11.04, 32-bit version, dual booting with Windows XP, Service Pack 3. This has worked well for me. I started with 10.04 and performed successive version upgrades, and all went well.
I've never dealt with a 64-bit operating system before Windows 7, and I'm not sure where to go from here. Of course I will back up everything I have on the laptop before installing anything new, but I'd like some advice on how to proceed.
I'd be very grateful for some help with this.
Angela C. Murphy:confused:
I just got a Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) laptop with Windows 7 installed. My processor is a Core i3 and I have 4 Gb memory and a 500 Gb hard disk. I have created a 100 Gb partition on the hard disk and I wish to install Ubuntu 11.04 on this partition and dual boot with Windows7.
Ubuntu 11.04 comes in 2 versions, the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version. Which of these should I download and install? On my Dell Dimension desktop, I have Ubuntu 11.04, 32-bit version, dual booting with Windows XP, Service Pack 3. This has worked well for me. I started with 10.04 and performed successive version upgrades, and all went well.
I've never dealt with a 64-bit operating system before Windows 7, and I'm not sure where to go from here. Of course I will back up everything I have on the laptop before installing anything new, but I'd like some advice on how to proceed.
I'd be very grateful for some help with this.
Angela C. Murphy:confused: