Lenovo 3000 G530 tattoo dual boot ubuntu and vista sp1

Hello

I just want to know if Lenovo put what is called a "tattoo" on its computers because I have Lenovo 3000 G530A (french) and I want to install to install Linux on windows vista sp1, so I need to know it is safe only if my computer will have some problems.

Thanks in advance

I don't think so. As already said before, I installed Ubuntu and it runs great.

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