Aisaka_Tiger
September 25th, 2012, 05:36 AM
Hi, it's me again. And as usual I've done some more, even more hardware upgrades.
I don't know if I mentioned this last time, but I now essentially, have a Intel 2500K and HD 6870. And probably going to wait to upgrade these further because as it stands they're pretty good. But that's just fluff that isn't important.
I updated my hard drives to having my main OS drive a 80 GB SSD. I'm planning on using this as my main OS drive(for my highest model of PC I've built, universally) for a very long time. Perhaps forever(or until something better than an SSD actually exists), far longer than my current GPU and CPU.
And this means that I want plenty of backup. The first thing I did with Windows 7 was install a bunch of basic stuff like graphics drivers, firefox, and ect. And then backed it up. Also installing an extra boot of vanilla Ubuntu through wubi. Which I am for some reason more comfortable using right now. Perhaps that I noticed I've already made some weird errors by messing with regedit for all of my big programs and games in my
I've rambled on for far too long. What I'm getting at is that, since this will be my main OS drive to my major enthusiast hardware PC for a long time, I'd like to have as many operating system boots on this SSD as I can fit. And I honestly have no clue how to create more than two boots.
For instance, I'd like to, along with my Windows 7 and Ubuntu boot up, extra Ubuntu boots in case something goes wrong with this one. Windows 8 preview for all of those program compatible with 8(so I don't have to rely on 7 expect for Windows 7 specific software), Linux Mint, and so on and so forth. I'd feel really secure if I could do that, that if a problem goes wrong with an OS boot of mine, I can just immediately get back in the game or program without spending the time to use a backup restoration. Also variety and capriciousness. But I have no idea how. Should I use GRUB? Does GRUB work with Windows and Linux both? Should I create an extra partition on my SSD in order to avoid accidentally saving over my old Windows and Linux operating systems? Does wubi conflict with making more than two boots? I don't know, but what I do know is that I want 3-7 operating systems on my SSD, main OS drive I have invested in.
tl;dr: I want to make 3 or more boots, both Linux and Windows, but I have no idea how. Can I have help please?
Edit: Apparently, there's a little something called EasyBCD. Which maybe I should look into. But I have no idea how it interacts with wubi and so forth. What I do know, is that I want the most effective and efficient way for when I boot up my computer, to have a selection that looks a bit like this:
Windows 7
Windows 8 (Preview)
Windows 8 (Preview)
Windows 8 (Preview)
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Xubuntu
Lubuntu
Linux Mint
That would make me feel free to be very capricious, secure, and happy.
I don't know if I mentioned this last time, but I now essentially, have a Intel 2500K and HD 6870. And probably going to wait to upgrade these further because as it stands they're pretty good. But that's just fluff that isn't important.
I updated my hard drives to having my main OS drive a 80 GB SSD. I'm planning on using this as my main OS drive(for my highest model of PC I've built, universally) for a very long time. Perhaps forever(or until something better than an SSD actually exists), far longer than my current GPU and CPU.
And this means that I want plenty of backup. The first thing I did with Windows 7 was install a bunch of basic stuff like graphics drivers, firefox, and ect. And then backed it up. Also installing an extra boot of vanilla Ubuntu through wubi. Which I am for some reason more comfortable using right now. Perhaps that I noticed I've already made some weird errors by messing with regedit for all of my big programs and games in my
I've rambled on for far too long. What I'm getting at is that, since this will be my main OS drive to my major enthusiast hardware PC for a long time, I'd like to have as many operating system boots on this SSD as I can fit. And I honestly have no clue how to create more than two boots.
For instance, I'd like to, along with my Windows 7 and Ubuntu boot up, extra Ubuntu boots in case something goes wrong with this one. Windows 8 preview for all of those program compatible with 8(so I don't have to rely on 7 expect for Windows 7 specific software), Linux Mint, and so on and so forth. I'd feel really secure if I could do that, that if a problem goes wrong with an OS boot of mine, I can just immediately get back in the game or program without spending the time to use a backup restoration. Also variety and capriciousness. But I have no idea how. Should I use GRUB? Does GRUB work with Windows and Linux both? Should I create an extra partition on my SSD in order to avoid accidentally saving over my old Windows and Linux operating systems? Does wubi conflict with making more than two boots? I don't know, but what I do know is that I want 3-7 operating systems on my SSD, main OS drive I have invested in.
tl;dr: I want to make 3 or more boots, both Linux and Windows, but I have no idea how. Can I have help please?
Edit: Apparently, there's a little something called EasyBCD. Which maybe I should look into. But I have no idea how it interacts with wubi and so forth. What I do know, is that I want the most effective and efficient way for when I boot up my computer, to have a selection that looks a bit like this:
Windows 7
Windows 8 (Preview)
Windows 8 (Preview)
Windows 8 (Preview)
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Xubuntu
Lubuntu
Linux Mint
That would make me feel free to be very capricious, secure, and happy.