how install win w/o wiping the disk

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Nick

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> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:40 PM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Joel Oliver <joelol75 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Also be sure never to convert Windows 'basic' disks to 'dynamic' disks.
>>> This causes problems with grub being borked after entering windows and other
>>> problems.  Don't worry as this isn't done by default, but in control panel,
>>> administrator tools, disk management.  Some advanced operations ie. Resizing
>>> your windows partition within windows, setting up striping/spanning in
>>> windows as well will prompt you...  just don't do it to maintain sanity :-)
>>> 
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>> 
>> I will give it a go.  I need to install Windows from a usb.
>> Untebootin should do it.
>> 
>> Any special issues installing from a usb?
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> garyk
> 
> 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)
> 
> Thanks\
> 
> garyk
> 
While we're at it if I may ask on this Ubuntu forum how does one uninstall Windows XP? 

Nick