Dual Boot Pre-Installed Windows 7 Computer with Enterprise linux

hello house, i have a system with pre-installed window7 and i want to load enterprise linux 5 as the second O.S,to have 2 operating systems on a Pc.how do i go about it?

First, carefully evaludate your motives for thinking dual-boot because just
install VirtualBox or VMWare to run OEL as a virtual guest requires little
system reorganization.
However, if your laptop does not support virtualization then dual
boot is the way to go:
1) Get KNOPPIX or SystemRepairDisk from the net. Or just any live
distribution that includes gparted, which is what Linux uses
for a partition wizard.
2) Use gparted to shrink your Win7 partition until you have
enough room for OEL.
3) Now, reboot using the OEL installation media.
4) Be careful on the disk partitioning screen; you want to "use
available free space" and not the "use all of disk" or "delete
all partitions" choices. This is the critical step to get right
to keep your Win7 files from being deleted.
5) Proceed with default OEL install.
6) Install the GRUB bootloader to the MBR for the disk. GRUB will
then allow you to boot from either OEL or Win
Take a break; you're done.

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satanselbow thank you so much!
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