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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 03:58:37PM +0100, Paul Hirst wrote: > My new netbook came with Windows 7 starter which I've decided to keep. I > have installed Ubuntu alongside, leaving windows with about 50G of > space. > > > > If so then the real question is whether to start Windows first or after > > installation of debian. > I was going to install Ubuntu before booting into Windows for the first > time. However the partition layout was rather unusual so I decided to > boot into Windows first and go through the initial config steps. This > left the system with a relatively sane partition layout. So I'd > recommend this route. > > My netbook comes with a 'create a system recovery CD' program, since it > didn't come with any media. In hindsight I should have created this > first, before diving in installing Ubuntu. Luckily I didn't have any > problems but it was a risk I should have avoided taking. Ran into the problem you missed: reformatted with gparted and Win7 would not boot. Had reinstall everything and start from scratch. Thank you for the warning -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Thu Jun 24 20:01:05 BST 2010
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