how install win w/o wiping the disk

[Ryan Gauger]

On 07/11/2012 08:13 PM, Doug 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
>
Yes, formatting the partition will not stop the computer from booting, 
as it would if you formatted a Linux partition.