A few questions about installing Fedora

Right, so I've downloaded and burned both ISOs (32 and 64-bit) for Fedora core 10. I've asked some friends about which one to go with (having tried Fedora from a live CD - I'm happy with it as a whole), and they've said 32-bit.
What would you recommend?

Also, I'm going to be installing it on my laptop and do I have to have GRUB as the boot loader or is the Windows boot loader sufficient? Just in case I want to uninstall linux (to send my laptop in for repair, which I think I may have to soon - a minor keyboard issue!) you have reinstall Windows to get their boot loader reinstalled (from what I understand).
Am I right in thinking that installing linux voids the warranty? Well, they'd be able to tell from the GRUB boot loader either way (so if not they'd probably make a fuss ).

 

If you have 4GB of RAM, there is no reason not to go for 64-bit Fedora.

 

Thanks for the reply, Bog.
Just another quick question, I've heard that Fedora supports NTFS format but it's 'restricted'. Not quite sure how it's restricted though.
Will I have any issues with this (as I'm going to install it onto a partition on my internal hard drive)?

 

I am not sure what it would mean by "restricted", unless the ntfs-3g package is not open source? In any case, the ntfs-3g package allows full read/write capabilities to NTFS volumes.

 

Well, I'd been reading into this to make sure everything would be alright.
Just thought I'd check it out before I go ahead with the install.

 

Hmm. I read the link you provided, thanks. Unfortunately, without more details, it is difficult what they mean by restricted.

In any case, I can tell you that I've been using this package for years (along with millions of other Linux users) without any trouble.

 

Ok, thank you for you're help.
So do you think I can stick with the Windows boot loader or do I have to go with GRUB?

 

The Windows bootloader is for Windows only; it wipes out GRUB completely and will boot only Windows. I would keep GRUB if you plan on dual-booting.

 

So the only way of getting back the windows boot loader is to reinstall windows?

 

It's not the only way. If you're talking about XP, you can boot from the Windows disc, enter the Recovery Console, and simply type "fixmbr" to overwrite GRUB or whatever you have on the MBR. Vista uses the same process, but a different command.