Convert from Ubuntu side-by-side to Ubuntu as the main OS with W7 as VirtualBox
Dear Linuxians,
I have been an Ubuntu user (now 12.10) since November. I did a side-by-side install. I only alocated 20G to Ubuntu while left about 100G for my native Windows7 (Home and Business). I am interested now in removing everything from the disk (after backing up of course) and installing Ubuntu as the sole OS and run W7 via Oracle VirtualBox. What are the caveats? For instance, when I bought the laptop I bought a bunch of propietary software (Photoshop, MS Office, Acrobat) but with no CD's. Should I assimilate the loss? Or is there a way of keeping them? What happens with all the Lenovo applications that scan the Laptop? Do I still need Norton antivirus (and if yes, how to install it)? As you can see is a complex question but hopefully is a situation that someone has come across. Thank you and be well... |
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photoshop should be replaced with Gimp ms office with libre office pdf files can be created with libre office.. |
You'd need to keep norton on the windows OS.
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Norton into Virtualbox/Win7?
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I don't know Oracle Virtual Box well enough, but a while ago a did something similar using KVM:
Setup was a dual-boot with Win7 and CentOS and I made CentOS the default OS in boot manager and setup a KVM VM which had the WIn7 partition assigned. After booting into CentOS the Win7 VM needed a few reboots and all worked ok. Optionally I installed paravirtualised drivers into the Win7 for perfomance reasons (grafics, HDD, Network). The good thing on this way was that I didn't need to reinstall any OS or application. btw: I wouldn't install any Norton/Symantec software at all... |
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Look for partition Q:\ on your windows installation. If you double click, it will show open asking if you want to create a recovery disc. If I remember correctly, you will need 3 or 4 DVDs. Quote:
I would strongly recommend ditching Norton (it's heavy, in my opinion). Just use MS security essentials on your windows VM. Hope this answers your questions. |
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