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Derek Broughton wrote:
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<pre wrap="">James Black wrote:
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<pre wrap="">want to downgrade to XP. But when i put the disc
in to run from it, i get an error message telling something about the
HDD not being connected, check the cable. I did some google research and
it seems the installation program isn't reading the HD. My question is,
cant i use a linux application to remove/delete that partition? I am
also looking forward to backing up my entire ubuntu before i do this.
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Certainly. Any of the partitioning programs will do it - just delete the
partition and recreate it as FAT32 or NTFS (I suggest recreating it only
because I don't trust Windows to install _only_ into free space, if it
doesn't find a FAT/NTFS partition at the beginning of the drive).
gparted/qtparted (depending whether you are using Gnome/KDE) are simplest.
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<pre wrap="">Another question on subject is, i'd be dual booting but installing
windows second. Will this be an issue? I ask because i read somewhere
that the proper way to do it is install windows THEN linux.
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It's not the "proper" way, just the simplest, because Windows makes no
attempt to preserve your ability to multi-boot. However, when you
installed Linux, it set up grub for you, so then you just need to recreate
your grub boot setup. Essentially boot from a LiveCD and issue
a "grub-install" command from a terminal. I don't remember the exact
command, but if you google in this group for my name and "grub-install
livecd" you should find the way I've done it before.
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Thanx for the reply. I have gnome. so i'm guessing i am going to need
gparted because it has a g in front of it. Does it have a GUI? cuz
idont know command that well. <br>
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