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Follow these steps:
Applies to Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and - maybe - Windows 8
Start up Windows just like you normally would, and download the latest (non-test) version of Plop Boot Manager here.
Extract the zip and open the folder "Windows" in it.
If you have Windows XP, double-click the file InstallToBootMenu.bat.
If you have Windows Vista ...
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What can go wrong, is that you can lose files. It depends on the filesystem and how you access it, but in the worst case, you could lose access to all the data on your linux partition, although it would still be possible to recover - albeit difficult and very time consuming - with the proper tools. More likely is that you might just corrupt the file you ...
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Depends on the Windows program, but generally, no.
The reason those linux programs can throw up their display on a PC is because they are written for the X Window System, which completely separates the client from the display server.
X has been ported to virtually every system out there, and is the defacto standard for grpahical programs on Unix/Linux ...
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At least some distros offer shrinking NTFS partitions during the Linux installation. Of course, this is possible with free space in that partition only. And you should run Windows' check disk tool immediately before.
There is always a risk when playing with file system structures and partition tables (you should "try" not to have a power outage then...) but ...
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Some distributions provide an installer that runs in Windows, for example Ubuntu's Wubi. The installer creates a large file on the Windows filesystem that is used by Linux as a virtual disk. Afterwards you can migrate the installation to its own partition.
No matter what solution you choose, you need administrator permissions on Windows.
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Yes assuming you've already taken care and backed up any files of consequence on your Ubuntu installation you can just select "install alongside windows" during the Linux Mint installation process.
The pre-existing Ubuntu partition can safely be ignored, just make sure you select the same partition that it was installed to for Linux Mint.
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