Dual boot risk

[Firefly_]

I want to dual boot unbuntu on my windows 7 machine. Are there any high risks to doing so without backing up my pc. I don't want to spend $100 + a few hours backing up my pc if I don't need to. I don't think I'd lose to much of anything that has importance but it would be a lot of work to get it back. 

 

Also is there an "easy" way to sort through all the files on my pc.

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, Firefly_ said:

without backing up my pc.

You idiot, back it up

 

won't cause a issue normally, but you need backups.

[Firefly_]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You idiot, back it up

 

won't cause a issue normally, but you need backups.

lol, fine. I guess I'll have to buy a external drive or just not dual boot. or risk it for the biscuit. 

[Oscargot]

You should be backing up regardless of whether you're dual-booting or not... 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Firefly_ said:

lol, fine. I guess I'll have to buy a external drive or just not dual boot. or risk it for the biscuit. 

doesn't matter if you dual boot, back it up if you care at all about the data.

 

Also have you tried a vm.

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Oscargot said:

You should be backing up regardless of whether you're dual-booting or not... 

Yeah I know, most of it I don't really care it about, but it would still be good. 

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

doesn't matter if you dual boot, back it up if you care at all about the data.

 

Also have you tried a vm.

No, I forgot about them until a little but ago. I may give it a try but don't know how it would do for what I need. 

[Jamtoad]

I never back up my stuff. Please don't go though my pain lol.

 

(It's hard finding all your Torrents again kek)

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Jamtoad said:

I never back up my stuff. Please don't go though my pain lol.

 

(It's hard finding all your Torrents again kek)

lol. I don't torrent.. anymore, too lazy to try and get around my isp. Even if all I need is a vpn. 

[Jamtoad]

1 hour ago, Firefly_ said:

lol. I don't torrent.. anymore, too lazy to try and get around my isp. Even if all I need is a vpn. 

my isp doesn't give a hoot lol

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Jamtoad said:

my isp doesn't give a hoot lol

mine use to be like that, now we have telus. I use to just download movies when the came out on dvd

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, Firefly_ said:

but don't know how it would do for what I need. 

Learn that before you dual boot. Something will go wrong. 

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Learn that before you dual boot. Something will go wrong. 

Don't know if you read something wrong or if you're trying to say vm's will help me with dual booting.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

as long as you don't accidentally overwrite your stuff while installing ubuntu its extremely low risk. but if you do fuck up then you just lost all your stuff 

[Firefly_]

Just now, Alaradia said:

as long as you don't accidentally overwrite your stuff while installing ubuntu its extremely low risk. but if you do fuck up then you just lost all your stuff 

I'm pretty dumb but I don't think I'd fuck it up, I have a partition set up, bootable usb. etc. just don't have backups of... anything. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

12 minutes ago, Firefly_ said:

Don't know if you read something wrong or if you're trying to say vm's will help me with dual booting.

If you just want to mess with linux, there is no reason to dual boot, just fire it up in a vm.

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If you just want to mess with linux, there is no reason to dual boot, just fire it up in a vm.

how much does a vm hinder performance, I wanted to fiddle with some games and have quite a crap pc as it is.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Firefly_ said:

how much does a vm hinder performance, I wanted to fiddle with some games. 

your not playing games in a vm well, but why use linux to play games

[Firefly_]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

your not playing games in a vm well, but why use linux to play games

fuck around on csgo, linux doesn't have vac lol 

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Firefly_ said:

fuck around on csgo, linux doesn't have vac lol 

It has vac. It's built into the game, not the os.

[Firefly_]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

It has vac. It's built into the game, not the os.

it's not build into the game, it's "Valve anti-cheat" not "CS anti cheat" it, as far as I'm concerned was never ported to linux. Do a quick google search and you'll get some cheating forum and maybe some git threads. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Firefly_ said:

it's not build into the game, it's "Valve anti-cheat" not "CS anti cheat" it, as far as I'm concerned was never ported to linux. Do a quick google search and you'll get some cheating forum and maybe some git threads. 

And why do you want to cheat...

[Firefly_]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

And why do you want to cheat...

Idk, it's something I find fun from time to time, I can't justify my cheating if you don't like cheaters, I don't "like" them either, but if someone else is cheating I like to cheat back.