Installing Linux, but keeping windows for VM boot?

[jdonato]

Hello,

I'm thinking about buying a new thinkpad. I'd like to install linux and wide the recovery partition, but I'd also like to be able to make a Virtual Box vm from the  licence of windows 7 that comes with purchase.

Does anybody know if that will be possible from the recovery cds?

Thanks

[buddinggeek Retired Moderator]

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jdonato wrote:

Hello,

I'm thinking about buying a new thinkpad. I'd like to install linux and wide the recovery partition, but I'd also like to be able to make a Virtual Box vm from the  licence of windows 7 that comes with purchase.

Does anybody know if that will be possible from the recovery cds?

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If you mean using recovery cd's in a virtual machine? It wont work that way since the they check for a BIOS  identifier during the first boot.