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Wanting to put Ubuntu on my HP Pav dv600 as main OS

Asked by Andrew Wyman

In the past I have loaded Ubuntu on my HP Pav DV6000, through a usb external drive. I have had problems everytime for some reason and ended up uninstalling. I want to use Ubuntu and run Win7 in the background, as I have apps that I need for my work and some of them do not work on Ubuntu. Below is a rundown of my system hardware, sorry but is fairly long and I can not attach as a doc or txt file. Any help would be great and really appreciated. I hope this will be enough info, as for the apps that do not work that does not matter at the moment, thanks again.

More details about my computer

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz 5.1 3.5
  Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB 5.1
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 3.5
Gaming graphics 1535 MB Total available graphics memory 5.2
Primary hard disk 90GB Free (233GB Total) 5.4
Windows 7 Ultimate

System
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  Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
  Model HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
  Total amount of system memory 3.00 GB RAM
  System type 32-bit operating system
  Number of processor cores 2
  64-bit capable Yes

Storage
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  Total size of hard disk(s) 1630 GB
  Disk partition (C:) 90 GB Free (233 GB Total)
  Media drive (D:) CD/DVD
  Media drive (I:) CD/DVD
  Disk partition (K:) 143 GB Free (932 GB Total)
  Disk partition (L:) 39 GB Free (466 GB Total)

Graphics
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  Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
  Total available graphics memory 1535 MB
        Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
        Dedicated system memory 0 MB
        Shared system memory 1279 MB
  Display adapter driver version 8.17.12.6099
  Primary monitor resolution 1280x800
  DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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  Network Adapter Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
  Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport
  Network Adapter Anchorfree HSS Adapter
  Network Adapter Expat Shield Routing Miniport

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

There is no length restriction, this is quite short compared to others :)

What issues are you seeing. If you intend to dual boot there is no 'main OS' you may use one more than the other but neither has any sort of rank over the other.

Are you planning a dual boot or are you thinking about virtualizing Windows in virtualbox etc?

Thanks

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Anton Kanishchev (ak12-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

As far as I am aware upon first install, windows gets tied to the motherboard in use, so installing the same os(using the same key) could give you the #not genuine warning#. I personally don't recommend Installing via virtual box as it takes quite a bit of resources (cpu, ram mainly, as well as hdd). As you have 3gb of ram, you would need to give at least 1gb to windows to run smoothly ish (depending on programs that you will run on windows). To get around the problem of hdd space you could resize your windows partition (possibly move files (or delete unneeded files ) to the external hdd, so then ubuntu will have more space.

You would probably get better results performance wise if you dual boot rather than virtual box.

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Andrew Wyman (wyman-andy) said : 		#4

@Anton Kanishchev (ak12)

Thanks for that advice.

Still waiting for the details of how to install, due to past issues, per the original querry. Although the dual boot would be my favourable.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Resize your NTFS in Windows disk manager. You'll need about 15Gb. Then boot to the install media and install to the freed space.

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Andrew Wyman (wyman-andy) said : 		#6

@actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666)

OK, thanks I will give this a go, but I think this is what I did previously on 20GB of freed space, can't remember though if it was NFTS, or FAT 32 or eXFAT.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Delete the partition so that it is unallocated. Those filesystems are too basic to hold Linux. The installer will offer to use the free space to install to.

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