how install win w/o wiping the disk

[Nick Bikkal]

Doug,

Nick

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On Jul 12, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Reality is I screwed up bad & now have a powerful desk top that can do little that I want. I lost much of my work I had on both an old Ubuntu & a WXP. Feel resigned to all this bad luck. Sigh. If possible I'd like to salvage some. I thought I had it all backed up on an external disk but it also proved negative. About 10 years of work & pictures on it. 

Nick