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[ubuntu] how to do Partition for Windows In Ubuntu.

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I have Ubuntu in my Laptop with 80GB Sata HDD. Now when i install Windows it says there is no disk Available. I tried Gparted for partition but the "Resize" icon is hidden. Now Please help me to boot Windows XP in my Laptop. (Hardware)

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Hello,

I have a partition that I resized using gparted from my ubuntu and after that I installed windows 7 on that.

partition 1: ubuntu partition 2: windows partition 3: unallocated

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partition 1: ubuntu partition 2: windows (bigger)

Now theres a bit of freespace left and I would like to resize my windows 7 partition to use that free space.

If I partition it from ubuntu with gparted, t

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So I've gotten my dual boot between Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but I've found that I might have underestimated the amount of space I need on my Ubuntu partition.

Hello!

I currently have Ubuntu 10 installed on my girlfriend's laptop and want to revert it back to Windows.

When I try to boot from the recovery disc I get the following pop-up message:

"Error FAIL to get Disk 0 partition 1 drive letter"

I have done some research and have read this is a partition related issue but to be honest I am not that advanced at using partitions on Ubuntiu beyo

I had Windows 8 installed with 2 Ubuntu parititions in dual boot, everything running well. I hated Win 8 so I installed Win 7 over it by deleting my 80gb Windows partition and installing it in there.

But now I can't boot Ubuntu up, since obviously Windows has overwritten Grub.

I just bought a new laptop that comes with Windows 7 preinstalled and I want to install Ubuntu alongside with it.

The system came with 5 partitions:

System partition Unknown partition NTFS partition (the one with windows) NTFS partition (to be used for data) A recovery partition

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Hi there!

I am attempting to dual boot Windows HPC Server 2008 on my existing Linux(Ubuntu) HPC machine. I know that Windows will wipe the MBR and I have the Ubuntu LiveCD to restore GRUB when that happens, but I am having some trouble with my disk partitions.

As of right now, when I boot into the Windows installation, it shows no disks available to install onto.

Hey,

I'm new to linux, I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop. It works, but now I don't see an option to boot into my windows 7 partition. While I was installing Ubuntu I removed a tiny partition. It was like 1gb or something with only 35 mb used, I think the Ubunto installer said it was labeled "Windows (Loader)".

I'm freaking out right now. I was trying to install Ubuntu on my windows 7 laptop, and when I was working on the install something went wrong and now when I boot up it doesn't go into Windows. I chose "something else" on the install screen and tried to resize a partition but I don't know what happened.