There's a reason why it is recommended that Windows is installed first for a dual-boot install. It is possible in varying degrees for various versions to install Windows afterward, but the incantation changes. Windows prefers to take the whole drive for itself and not bother you with the details, as I'm sure you already know.

Regarding Linux sound, there has been a bit of a kerfluffle recently about Linux sound brought about by some comments from Adobe. Apparantly, there are some circumstances where ALSA audio has horrible latency and terrible audio, whereas OSS v4 is fine and vice versa. http://linux.slashdo...=09/06/19/1937210

Wade.