how install win w/o wiping the disk

[Doug]

On 07/11/2012 07:48 PM, Students wrote:
>
> Nick
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> 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
Why not just format the partition?

--doug

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