On 24 Jul 2014 11:37, "Norman Silverstone" <<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: > > I have a dual boot set up with Xubuntu and Windows 7 and there is a difficulty with Windows which may mean removing Windows and re-installing after formatting that portion of the HDD. Are there any things I should beware of before embarking on this, please? > 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. s/