[ubuntu-uk] re-installing windows

[Barry Drake]

On 24/07/14 12:21, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
> Be careful with partitioning. I believe Windows 7 ignores non-NTFS 
> partitions but it may still offer to format the whole disk. It would 
> be safer to try and recover using a rescue disk first. Make sure you 
> have a backup of your Xubuntu partition.
>

I've done this.  In addition to the above, Windows installation will 
destroy grub.  You will need to use your rescue disk afterwards in order 
to re-install grub and re-configure it.  I've finally solved the problem 
by defenestrating Windows!!

Regards,        Barry.