how install win w/o wiping the disk

[Colin Law]

On 13 July 2012 16:54, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 July 2012 16:37, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My drive is only 250 gigs.
>
> Then you don't need GPT. MBR is fine for <2GB.
>
>>  The install should work then.  But it
>> doesn't.  I wonder if it has anything to do with Chromeos which I
>> installed prior to installing Ubuntu 12.
>
> Doubt it.
>
>> If necessary I could wipe the disk and start from scratch.  I'd rather
>> not have to reinstall ubuntu 12.  The basic install is not difficult
>> or time consuming, it's getting all the programs installed, copying
>> files etc.  I have used Clonezilla in the past but that does  not seem
>> to be available yet for Ubuntu 12.
>
> 2 other options:
>
> [1] back up the /filesystem/ (not the whole partition) with something
> like fsarchiver, remove partitions, repartition and reinstall with
> Windows, then after Windows, restore Ubuntu.

Could he clone the ubuntu partition using clonezilla, wipe and install
windows, create a partition the right size for ubuntu and restore it
from the clonezilla backup.  Then install grub using the live CD?  I
am shortly to get a new laptop and my plan is to clone the Ubuntu
partition to the new laptop using this technique (except windows will
already be installed).

>
> [2] Use a tool to mark all your installed packages, reinstall, then
> automatically reinstall them. There is at least one but I cannot
> remember the name.
>
> Hint: this kind of operation is much easier if you have a separate
> /home filesystem/partition.
>
> If it were me, I'd wipe & reinstall, I have to say.
>
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