![]() However, when I restored just the 3rd Windows XP partition into the extended partition where Linux Mint is installed, for some reason Macrium Reflect also overwrote the MBR, so I lost the GRUB menu. (The 4th partition on my Windows 7 disk is an HP recovery partition.) My idea was that I could restore the third Windows partition from the Macrium image as a logical partition to the right of the Linux installation, and eventually restore the 4th Windows partition, which is a Dell recovery partition, as the 4th primary partition. ![]() I configured a couple of things and installed just a few updates, for Firefox and the Software Manager, and made a Timeshift backup. Then I installed Linux Mint using the installer option “Install Linux Mint alongside the current OS,” which is handy because it automatically creates an extended partition for Linux. Then I cloned just the first 2 partitions (a Dell Utility and the C: partition) to an extra (and larger) hard drive, leaving the additional space unallocated, and replaced the original drive with this new one. ![]() Before I installed Linux Mint on the XP machine, I made an image of the hard drive, which also has 4 partitions, using Macrium Reflect. That went well and I felt like I was making progress.īecause my Windows 7 laptop has an MBR disk with the maximum 4 partitions, I’m trying to figure a way to keep all 4 (planning to dual-boot Linux) using an extended partition, so I decided to experiment on the old XP. After trying a couple of distributions with live persistent USB’s, I decided to install Linux Mint 19.1 in dual boot with Windows XP on an older laptop to explore further. ![]() I’ve been exploring Linux for possible use on our Windows 7 laptops (both MBR) after end of support in January.
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