[clue-tech] Windows 7 recommendation

[Shawn Perry]

Hey, why not just install to a USB stick, then you don't have to touch
anything on the hard drive.

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:56 PM, John Fiala <jcfiala at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Jason Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
>>> Actually you can run ubuntu or another linux distro from a small number of virtual options: VMware, Virtualbox, etc. It's quite easy to setup.
>>> Also, if it were me I would make sure I had a go-between partition for ease of use... YMMV.
>>
>> Ok.  If I am looking for a free (as in beer) solution, do you have a
>> recommendation as between VMware, Virtualbox and the others?
>> And, what is a go-between partition?
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>
> I, personally, prefer Virtualbox.  It's what I use on my own machines.
>  However, at NREL I'm given a Windows XP box with temporary Admin
> rights, and I can't install VirtualBox because apparently it installs
> pseudo drivers that aren't signed, and the temporary admin rights
> won't allow that, which means I'm using VMware at work, which
> generally works fine for me.  So, see which one you can get installed
> and go with it.
>
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