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new machine, 258G SSD, 500G HDD. Main purpose of the machine is for data analysis, and Ubuntu is my preferred OS. Nonetheless, there are times when I need to use Microsoft Excel, therefore I do need to install Win7.

Right now, I am thinking of the following:

  • Ubuntu 14.04 on SSD, but can also access HDD as storage. Only selected program and data would be stored on SSD.
  • Win 7 on HDD

How should I partition my disks? How can I achieve this plan? Thank you for your help.

Best Regards,

Bai Liping

Liping
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This is something very simple to set up. I would utilize the boot menu of the motherboard to get things working. If you already have one OS set up, just disconnect the hard drive you don't want to overwrite.

Once everything is set with Linux on the SSD and Windows on the HDD, you can add the mount point for the HDD editing /etc/fstab. You will need to get the uuid of the drive you want to mount though.

Create a mount point in /mnt/ like Windows, or whatever you want to call it. With the uuid of the drive, mount the ntfs partion at that mount point.

Once you have got it configured, you can add the windows boot link to your grub menu by using sudo update-grub. On the next boot you should see the Windows 7 boot loader.

Kent Seaton
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