How to install Fedora 16 on the Windows 7 already there (dual boot)

[yashendu]

Hello friends,

I have dell N5110 laptop,

i have 94.4 GB available in C drive and having 3GB RAM installed on my PC, and there is also Windows 7 Ultimate edition is installed on my PC.

now my trouble is i am going to install Fedora 16 or any Linux OS for the first time and i want to dual-boot it along with windows 7 on system, i want to dual boot fedora 16 without any effect on my existing data or on windows 7.

i want guaranteed solution as data on my logical drives is very important so i cant afford to lose it in any way, so please help me friends....

[DBelton]

To be completely honest...

There is no guaranteed solution. If your data is that important to you, then back it up before doing ANY messing around with your system.

Now that said... F17 pretty much automatically sets everything up with Windows 7 if you have free space on the drive for Fedora to install to. (That is free space that is not a part of the Windows partition, and you are able to create more partitions on the drive.)

[yashendu]

Originally Posted by DBelton

To be completely honest...

There is no guaranteed solution. If your data is that important to you, then back it up before doing ANY messing around with your system.

Now that said... F17 pretty much automatically sets everything up with Windows 7 if you have free space on the drive for Fedora to install to. (That is free space that is not a part of the Windows partition, and you are able to create more partitions on the drive.)

its oaky if there is a lil chance or there is also no issue if i need to format c drive...atleast let me know the procedure for dual-boot when win 7 is there on system