how install win w/o wiping the disk

[Liam Proven]

On 13 July 2012 17:03, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 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).

TBH I do not know enough about Clonezilla - my use of it has been
copying whole partitions/disks & in this case the partition structure
will be different, so I am not sure it will work.

But you are right about the GRUB reinstall step.

The reason I am advocating wipe/reload is that this is basically one
of those "if you need to ask..." questions.

If one needs to ask about /if/ it's possible to copy partitions and so
on, then one probably doesn't have the necessary skills to find &
properly use the appropriate skills. In such a case, nuking &
reloading is likely to actually be quicker and easier. That is IME,
anyway.

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