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[JeremyBekka C]

Thanks for the information Harry! I just figured that is what would happen
because that is what happened when I reinstalled Vista on a dual booted
laptop a couple of years ago. Good to know that Win 7 will not be so
difficult. I will definitely back up my computer before I attempt to
reinstall Win 7.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Harry Burleson <hwburleson at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> > I know that when I reinstall Windows that it will take the whole hard
> drive and I do not
> > want to completely reinstall Linux...
>
> It's always safest to make a backup of your Linux partition but Windows 7
> will
> not necessarily take up the whole disk. It requires two primary
> partitions: a
> small system partition and the main Windows partition. You can re-install
> Windows to the existing Windows partition(s) or resize it first with
> Gparted.
> However the new Windows installation *will* mess up GRUB so that Linux
> won't
> boot. So, you will have to re-install GRUB.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
>
> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html
>
> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html
>
>
> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting
>
> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
>
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
>
> http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Main_Page
>
>
> - h
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