I like the dual boot route personally, that way if you're playing with your linux (i like Mint) and bork it you can just say screwit and run windows for a while. Or if windows gets eaten by the latest Killer Email Virus That Can Infect Your Computer Even Though You Opened The Email In Yahoo Mail, you can fire up linux, get your data out, and nuke the windows partition.
I just fixed my Mint install, here's a quick protip:
If you have proprietary drivers installed, uninstall them before changing GPU core manufacturers
EDIT:
I really should check last-post dates.
I look like a n00b
