My laptop is Dell Inspiron N4030. I used to use Ubuntu 12.04 and it was on the entire hard drive. I tried to install windows 7 but my laptop couldn't install it. So, I decided to delete the entire hard drive and do a fresh install of Windows 7. But after deletion I immediately removed the gparted live usb which I was using to delete the partitions of my hard drive.
I've been trying to help a friend reinstall Windows XP after she decided she wasn't ready for Ubuntu, but when I boot her Lenovo T61p from the Windows XP install disk, it complains that there is no hard drive. But the hard drive is fine, and will still boot Ubuntu.
Hello Group,
I'm a long time follower of Ubuntu and FOSS :D. After trying out Ubuntu (WUBI included), I'm finally ready to dual boot (need to keep windows for work related programs).
My hard drive has 2 partitions - C: (user files) & D: with Windows installed on D: (free space about 50 GB).
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my new ASUS k55a laptop today, and somehow managed to lose access to all partitions on my computer. I tried boot-repair and reinstalling ubuntu but it's not helping. When I try to turn on my computer after the installation, it says to "Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device" on a black screen.
I am installing a fresh install of ubuntu 12.10, and says than I can install ubuntu using the entire disk and creating LVM "partitions", but my plan is to install Windows 7 after for dual boot, is this possible?
what is the right strategy to do this?
PD: maybe making 2 real partitions of one disk, one for installing windows7, and the other one for ubuntu using LVM?
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