how install win w/o wiping the disk

[G.]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 July 2012 18:35, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Trying to install windows 7 to a partition but W7 says it can not
>> install to the drive because it can not install to a GPT partition.
>> Does Ubuntu create a GPT partition?  Perhaps Chrome OS does?  I have
>> Chrome OS on here (don't need it really, just tried it out to see if
>> it would work on Netflix, which it does not for me)
>
> Oh dear. Sounds to me like you need to backup and reinstall.
>
> When reinstalling, *start* with Windows - this is always the best.
> Other OSs understand being installed onto Windows drives; Windows does
> not understand about being installed onto other OSs' drives.
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I hope you are wrong.  I have read all over the place that Windows 7
at least can install to a partition.  Before that I was thinking what
you are.  Perhaps they are all wrong.  Would not be the first time.

But it's this GPT bit I am confused about.  Where did it come from?
Ubuntu?  Chrome OS?  If the latter I can wipe that off my disk.


garyk