Installing Linux keeping Windows 7 boot loader

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   finid on Jun 30, 2011

   When you install your choice of Linux distribution, create a separate boot partition and install the boot loader for the Linux distribution in that partition. Then boot into Windows and add an entry for the Linux distribution in Windows 7′s boot menu.

   That way you retain Windows 7′s boot manager and your Linux distributions boot loader too.

   Note that if you are installing on a computer with 2 HDD, with the Linux distribution on the second drive, install the Linux distribution’s boot loader in the MBR of the second disk, then add an entry for it in Windows 7′s boot menu.

   Several article on how to do this have been published on the main site. Take a look at these, for example.

   • http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/06/27/how-to-dual-boot-fedora-15-and-windows-7/
   • http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/06/11/dual-boot-linux-mint-11-and-windows-7/

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