Dual Boot of Linux distros with Windows 7
I am currently running Windows 7 pro on my desktop. I would like to install a linux distro to dual boot with windows. In the past I've run multiboot systems with different linux distros and Windows XP. I understand, however, that the file systems in Windows 7 and some linux distributions have changed. Partitioning, which was straight forward is now complicated by the newer file systems.
With Win XP and earlier versions I could use windows' boot loader to select the partition to load. Also, I tried simply installing a late version of Ubuntu over XP using the Ubuntu installation program. It worked great, using grub as the boot loader. I tried the same thing with a recent Fedora version with miserable results.
I'm concerned that if I try an install of Ubuntu over Windows 7, I'll be unable to access windows.
Any one with direct experience installing a recent linux distribution over Windows 7 ?
Hank
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