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Preparing partition

Asked by Rob Frerejean

I have my harddrive fully partitioned for Linux. I must install Windows for some reason. And not Windows in Virtualbox. Some functions don´t work.

I know how to make room for a NTFS partition. I know how to install Windows. And I know if I reboot GRUB is gone.

So my main question is. How to get back in Linux and be able to access Windows.

Thankx in advance.

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#1

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot#Installing%20Windows%20After%20Ubuntu

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

I guess the main trick to try in advance of doing the Windows install is to make sure your Ubuntu cd does get you to a LiveCd session from "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine"
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

This should help because Firefox from there should be able to surf right into here and elsewhere in case of troubles. More importantly it gets you to a good terminal console :)

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Rob Frerejean (hffrerejean) said : 		#3

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.

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Rob Frerejean (hffrerejean) said : 		#4

Took some time to finish, but everything is working.

Thankx

Again.....lol

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Brilliant, nicely done :)))
Congrats and regards from
Tom :)

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Rob Frerejean (hffrerejean) said : 		#6

In Windows I know everything. I am partly MSCE. Not finished. But Linux
is so much different then Windows.

I am staying in Linux. Although I still need Windows for some websites
and so on. But IE4Linux and Virtualbox are great apps.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#7

Well most of us keep a working dual-boot into Windows and it definitely helps to be able to pop back into Windows until you've learned how to do everything in Ubuntu. There are some differences between the major distros but mostly what you learn in Ubuntu is valid for most other distros too - and even for other *nix platforms such as unix itself lol.

You'll be amazed how quickly and easily you learn linux ways. A lot of the challenge is getting used to the culture shift but you seem to engage with the community very well already so that just leaves the techi stuff ;)

Thanks & good luck :)
Regards from
Tom :)

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Rob Frerejean (hffrerejean) said : 		#8

I know. I have a very large hdd and installed Ubuntu, Mandriva and
OpenSUSE. Just to see what the best one is for me. I have no Windows
running on my pc.

This is my last msg in this post, because this is more like a chat then
a problem solution session.

Lol.

Rob