I am downloading currently debian-6.0.5-cd-1.iso,
I am having windows 7 installed in my laptop.
I wanted to ask that is it better to format full hard disk and install debian first and then install windows 7 or I should format hard disk and first install windows 7 and then in that Debian ?
I already have to rearrange my hard disk partition so I must have to format my Hard Disk.

Install Windows first.

If you install Debian first then the Windows bootloader will overwrite the Debian bootloader and Debian will not be accessible.
If you install Windows first, the Debian bootloader will add Windows as an option.

so I should install windows 7 first ?
And while partition I should make a special partition for debian ?

You can use the Windows disc to make partitions but not to format them for Linux.
Personally, I would set up Windows 7 and then use the Debian install disc to sort out the rest of the hard drive.

1 members found this post helpful.

Or you could install Debian and use MS in Virtual Box.

This would be more secure.

Given the use of "inside" in the subject, I'll presume the question is about having one as a guest.
Not wanting to have to deal with any potential (M$oft) activation issues, I just left left Win7 as it was - then installed VBox to run Linux (and other) guests.
But as I don't run Windoze unless I have to I also dual-boot several Linux. In my case I left the Win7 loader in the MBR so Win7 hibernation continued to work (it doesn't work with grub on this machine).

As always with Linux, lots of options.

1 members found this post helpful.

Brother dont get me wrong but actually I had been using ubuntu from last 2 years. I found that its very much mess as compared to windows.
Very much problem in converting video formats, very few softwares available, internet connection is constantly required, update problem, and there are not games available as it in windows, I never been successfull in writing cd or dvd in ubuntu.
So due to this fact only I decided to turn towards windows again but cant leave linux so I have choosen debian for learning.
Will you help me little in vm. Tell me everything about it please.

It is true that the volume of high-end games available for Linux does not match the volume of games available for Windows, because those games are generally commercial ventures. As I am not a gamer (my gaming is limited to Pysol and Tetris clones--I don't have the time to pursue World of Warcraft, for example), the games issue is irrelevant to me, but otherwise I was always able to find Linux software to accomplish my goals.

As for the rest, when I used Ubuntu (I dumped it after 11.04), I was able to use all audio/video formats, burn CDs and DVDs (and the resulting discs could be read by Windows machines), and get updates flawlessly--my discontent with Ubuntu is more philosophical than practical.

I am glad that you have decided to continue to learn about Linux.

Linux is not Windows; there is a learning curve. There is a learning curve with Windows also, but most persons do not notice it because they think that, when they are learning Windows, they are "learning about computers." This notion is aided and abetted by schools that think teaching how to use Microsoft Office is "teaching computing."

I know from experience that VirtualBox for Windows works quite well and you can successfully load Linux distros into it; I encourage you in your efforts.

Once you set up the VM, installing to it looks and acts just like installing to bare metal. (I can't speak about VMWare, as I've never used it.)

It is asking a lot in a forum for someone to tell you all about virtual machines on Windows, but, if you go to YouTube and search for "virtualbox," you will find many tutorials. Start with them and with the VirtualBox manual--you won't have to read far into it to have a good idea of how to get started.

1 members found this post helpful.

Frankbell,
I got what you suggested me. Thanks brother. Your answer is actually what I required. A detailed, explained, practical and convincing.
Thank you.

I will install virtual machine in my windows 7 and inside that I will install debian. Is it ok?

In your trial version of win7?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-ended-948235/

IMO dont bother. Installing some virtualisation software and then isntalling debian on a 30 day trial of win7 is going to be a waste of time. Either buy a win7 licence and/or figure out how to make linux do what you want.

1 members found this post helpful.

That cascade9 - missed that.

One day we're going to have to do a "brissie get together" - seems to be a bucket load of us here ....

Yeah, good idea. The only hard part is deciding where. Nobody wants to go to the city/valley, and that means either northside or southside. You know how things get here... "I'm not going to the southside, I'll get stabbed" "I'm not going to the northside, its full of snobs". LOL.

I just dont want to go north of Chemside, or south of Mt. Gravatt...once you get to Zilmere, or into Logan, its like you've gone back into pre-history, theres tons of rock apes.