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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8 Dual Booting With Pre-Installed Windows 7?
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, S Roberts wrote:

> This is a new, windows 7 preinstalled machine that came with **NO**
> windows 7 install disks.

It's nice to make the first boot of a factory-fresh system from a backup 
CD like clonezilla and back up all of the partitions on the drive. 
That's before allowing them to boot into the manufacturer Windows setup.

(PS: please trim your responses.  Thanks.)

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA