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I have Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 on my system (Windows installed first). However, Windows 7 starts freezing after 10-15 minutes and gives me the blue-screen. Every time. I can't work on Windows more than 15 minutes and I usually need to turn of my computer improperly which causes me many data loss most of the time.

I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks a lot in advance.

B.

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The usual stuff: check your windows for viruses, check the partition for defects, remove bloatware, update drivers. If Windows boots successfully, it is highly unlikely Ubuntu has anything to do with the problems you're experiencing – Sergey Apr 30 '12 at 2:07
This isn't the correct Stack Exchange site to ask questions about Windows (see the FAQ). However, it would be on-topic at SuperUser Stack Exchange. – fossfreedom♦ May 21 '12 at 22:00

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Before installing Ubuntu, did you properly defrag your hd before partitioning it? Chances are that something important, that helps w7 function correct, got deleted when partitioning.

Also, maybe Win7 doesn't have enough hd space, but I'm not sure.

EDIT

Maybe this link could help --- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringWindows#Resizing Windows Vista / 7 Partitions --- scroll down to the 'Dual-Boot' section.

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No, actually chances of that are between "unlikely" and "absolutely impossible" :) Do you think partition resizer just dumbly chops off a chunk of Windows partition regardless if that chunk has some data in it or not? Defragging is needed to move all the data to the start of the partition so it can be shrunk more, not to preserve data from being deleted during the resize :) – Sergey Apr 30 '12 at 2:02
My understanding was that the partition resizer moves the data before resizing. I've resized partitions successfully without defragmenting first. – SabreWolfy May 3 '12 at 18:11
See the "Defragging" section here: help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions – SabreWolfy May 3 '12 at 19:06

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