how install win w/o wiping the disk

[G.]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:13 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:44 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 13 July 2012 17:23, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I had forgotten that it is formatted GPT.  That may well be an issue.
>>>
>>> Yup - that's the origin of the whole problem.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Liam Proven • Profile:
>>
>> Looks like the GPT issue is still with me after wiping the disk and
>> installing W7.  See  http://paste.ubuntu.com/1091028/
>>
>> When I install Ubuntu 12 the partitioner does not see the windows
>> partition. I ran chkdsk/f and the disk seems fine and Ubuntu works
>> fine from the usb stick.
>>
>> Before I installed windows I reformatted the entire hard disk with
>> gparted.  That apparently did not eliminate the GPT partition.
>>
>> I appreciate your assistance.
>>
>> garyk
>
> In Nautilus I can see a 1.1 gig entry.  When I try to mount it I get
> "could not find /cow"  Also when I boot to install ubuntu there is an
> entry besides the atachi hard drive.  I suppose this the GPT causing
> the problem.
>
> garyk


Perhaps I have found the problem.  WHen I formatted the disk with
gparted I did not make a partition table.  Instructions I found on a
windows site http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windows-cannot-be-installed-on-this-disk-thryke/8fa72a3e-10c5-47da-a040-1e0db62af309


If the Windows install disk doesn’t work for the above you can do the
following to reformat your drive:

1. Download and burn a Gparted ISO from here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
2. Boot from the Gparted disk.
3. Use Gparted to delete all partitions on the hard drive.
4. Under “Device” choose Create Partition Table to make a new partition table.
THIS IS THE STEP I DID NOT EXECUTE
5. Create a NTFS partition (or you could wait and create a partition
when installing Windows).
6. Then boot from the Windows install disk and install Windows.

Could this be it?  Would step 4 eliminate the GPT?

garyk