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How to install Windows 7 after Ubuntu and dual boot? [duplicate]

I just installed Ubuntu, a full install removing the prior OS. I was forced to remove Windows 7 from my HP dv6 because of the max four partitions already being there. I didn't lose anything, all ...
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14 votes
2 answers
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How do I reinstall Windows 7 while keeping my dual boot configuration? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? I have dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and windows 7 32 bit and I want to format my windows 7 partition to put windows 7 64 ...
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4 votes
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Windows is missing in GRUB! [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 16.10 with Windows 7. I installed Ubuntu ( first ) then I created a partition for Windows, then installed it on the partition so that deleted GRUB. So I restored GRUB , but now Windows 7 ...
Naiem da Legend's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
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How do I reinstall Windows 10 while keeping my dual boot configuration? [duplicate]

How do I reinstall Windows 10 while keeping my dual boot configuration? I want to do a clean install of Windows 10. I have Ubuntu 16.04. I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Thanks
Isaiah Stoddard's user avatar
2 votes
4 answers
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Can't boot from Live CD nor Pendrive [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 and I want to install Windows 8 along side it. But I can't boot from any live CD or pendrive. My laptop goes into network boot and says- insert proper boot device and press any key....
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2 answers
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I want to install Windows 7 with Ubuntu 12.04 without losing data. [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? I want to install Windows 7 on a machine where I have already Ubuntu 12.04 installed, because I need Visual studio ...
saurabh's user avatar
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4 votes
1 answer
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Installing Windows 8.1 after Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

So I'm new to Ubuntu and I want to dual boot it with Windows 8.1.So first I installed my Ubuntu in my laptop and it is installed successfully(I think) so it's working well now. I have my Windows 8.1 ...
leonardeveloper's user avatar
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2 answers
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How can I install Windows 10 alongside Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? [duplicate]

Now I am using Ubuntu 20.04, but now I want to install Windows 10 alongside my 20.04 LTS. I am trying to make a partition but I can't make it. Can you tell me the solution? When I try to install ...
Ramprosad Das's user avatar
0 votes
2 answers
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Boot Windows 10 ISO from Ubuntu [duplicate]

I want to install Windows 10 because I want to play some games and on Ubuntu is not that playable so I downloaded a iso file from Microsoft page and now I don't know how to install! I mounted the iso ...
Itaketedue's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
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Can I install Windows after installing Ubuntu on UEFI? [duplicate]

Can I do this? I've heard that you're supposed to install Ubuntu after Windows, as Windows will destroy the bootloader and try to shove itself in as THE OS. In BIOS, you could only have one ...
RoundDuckMan's user avatar
1 vote
4 answers
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Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot Windows 7 [duplicate]

Hey guys I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my laptop now I really wanna install Windows 7 because there is always that one software that doesn't run on Ubuntu, HELP ASAP Edit: I recently upgraded to ...
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1 answer
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Create partition for Windows 7 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? I have a full ubuntu installation on my hard drive. But im in need of windows 7 too now. I found this guide on ...
hayd's user avatar
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1 answer
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install windows after installing ubuntu and kali? [duplicate]

Hello have dual boot my laptop Running Kali linux 1.0.7 and Ubuntu 14.04. For some Application i need windows,As wine does not support that apps and not have sufficient RAM to run windows in virtual ...
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Installing Windows 8 alongside Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]

I had Windows 8 installed on my laptop (64-bit) and when I installed ubuntu on it I made a huge mistake and removed windows 8 and every file with it. What done is done.. I've been running ubuntu 13.04 ...
user193672's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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How to partition hard drive where already Ubuntu 16.04 is installed [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 in my whole laptop space. But right now , i have a requirement to install Windows in the same laptop. And since i am trying to install windows side by side with this ...
Srijan Karki's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
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Hard drive has only one Ubuntu partition, how do I install Windows to dual-boot? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I’ve installed Ubuntu? I'm using 12.04 64-bit on my ThinkPad R61i with an un-partitioned 160GB hard drive. Can I partition my hard drive and ...
onvas's user avatar
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How to install Windows 8 Pro after installing ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

I have installed ubuntu 14.04 in my Lenovo G505s Laptop and now I also want to install Windows 8 Pro. I have already done an ntfs partition through gParted Partion Editor in ubuntu. This is the same ...
Kirat's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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Installing Windows 7 on pre-existing Ubuntu 12.04 for Dual-Boot FAQ? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? I just wanted to ask a few questions before I completely destroy my system. My system currently has Ubuntu12.04 ...
Comply's user avatar
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3 votes
1 answer
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How to Install Windows 7 with Ubuntu 12.04 (Ubuntu Pre-Installed) [duplicate]

How can I install Windows 7 with my Ubuntu 12.04 x64 side by side a.k.a. dual-boot? I don't want to format and lose my Ubuntu data. I tried to install windows 7 (Ubuntu pre-installed) in a virtual ...
Mustafa İnanç's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
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Windows USB is not recognized [duplicate]

I know it might be weird, but I'm trying to boot a Windows version on dual boot in Linux for gaming. I followed these steps: Download a version of Windows; Copy the files inside the *.iso to the ...
Bruno Lobo's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
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Is it possible to install Windows on a separate hard drive without leaving Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I have a laptop with two HDDs. Ubuntu is on the SSD, and I want the Windows install on the HDD. Relevant specs: Kubuntu 18.10, installed with UEFI SSD is encrypted LVM ext4. I have partitioned a ...
avisitoritseems's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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How to install Windows 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using WINE [duplicate]

I want to install windows 7 home premium on my ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I already have a windows 7 home premium setup .exe, I am using WINE to run it. When I execute it it shows "Windows was unable to create ...
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3 answers
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Installing Windows 8.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 dual boot [duplicate]

I want to ask if it is possible to install Windows 8.1 on a Ubuntu machine making it dual boot ? If yes, please also tell the procedure. If no, please tell any workaround for installing latest high ...
Anchit Jain's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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Installing Windows after Ubuntu without live USB or CD [duplicate]

I have a acer aspire es15 with preinstalled windows 10.. but i accidently deleted windows and installed ubuntu 14.04 now can I install windows 7 without deleting ubuntu as dual boot without using a ...
Sidhu's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
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How can I install Windows XP after Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I want to install Windows XP alongside Ubuntu for gaming but startup disk creator doesn't work. I tried unetbootin but can't figure out how to format my USB to FAT32. It's ok if I have to install ...
Gjergj Kadriu's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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Install Windows7 side by side with ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? I had a Windows OS on my machine. One time, when I tried installing Kubuntu 12.04, I messed up the whole computer ...
Mohammed Khan's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
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How to install Windows 7 in Dual Boot with Ubuntu (Ubuntu pre-installed) [duplicate]

I want to ask how can I install Windows 7 Home Premium in Dual Boot with pre-installed Ubuntu. I`ve never opened my laptop, so the Ubuntu Set-up is not made.
Andrew's user avatar
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How to install Windows 10 on Ubuntu 18.04 operating system? [duplicate]

Currently I use ubuntu 18.04 as main operating system. and I need to install windows 10. I don't want to format my ubuntu. Because I usually do my work in ubuntu.
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1 answer
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How can I install Windows 7 alongside Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]

I have been using Ubuntu for the past few years and I've finally caved and decided to try to dual-boot Windows 7 with Ubuntu 16.04. But, everything says to install Windows first then Ubuntu with it. ...
Jeffrey Kratka's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
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How to install windows 10 alongside ubuntu 16.04 when the hard disk is ex4 formatted? [duplicate]

I do not want to loose any data. My data is very important. I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my Lenovo G50-70 laptop and all the partitions are formatted in ex4. Now I have to dual boot with Windows ...
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Install Windows 10 on a partition with ubuntu 16 already installed [duplicate]

I want to start by saying that I know this question has been asked a lot, but the 10~15 articles and posts I've read all assume that the reader is knowledgeable on the subject, and I'm not. So, I ...
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Full internal harddrive converted to ext4 file system, how to install Windows back again? [duplicate]

I had Windows 7 installed on my laptop, with hard drive partitioned. I installed Ubuntu formatting the drive as it didn't detect I had Windows 7 too already. It installed correctly, but now when I'm ...
suri drall's user avatar
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0 answers
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How to restore windows 10 after installing Ubuntu? [duplicate]

How do I get Windows 10 back? I downloaded Ubuntu for my school project but instead of a dual boot, my windows 10 is gone and I cannot access my windows 10 anymore. I would greatly appreciate some ...
sam's user avatar
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Dual boot when Windows installed after Linux [duplicate]

I made the mistake of installing Windows 10 after installing Linux (Kubuntu 18.04). How can I make Grub the controlling boot loader at this point without disturbing either of the existing ...
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1 answer
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Installing (Dual-Booting) Windows 10 on a system with Ubuntu 16.04.2 installed (UEFI) [duplicate]

I recently purchased a laptop with Windows 10 on it. I attempted to then install Ubuntu alongside it by taking a USB and using a tool (E.G. Rufus) to burn the necessary Ubuntu installation packages. ...
questionboy72's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
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How can I install Windows 10 (20H2) after I've installed Ubuntu? [Legacy BIOS only] [duplicate]

I am currently on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and I want to install windows 10 without removing my ubuntu. I want to install win10 on my real PC not virtualbox. How can I do it? Will win10 cause problem with ...
Mugdho MNS.'s user avatar
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1 answer
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Installing Windows 7 alongside an existing Ubuntu OS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I’ve installed Ubuntu? How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) How can I install windows 7 along with my ...
Balan's user avatar
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2 answers
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How do I clean install windows 7 on the "other" partition? [duplicate]

I would like to cleanly install windows 7 on another partition to ubuntu 12.04. I originally had a windows 7 only machine. I subsequently installed ubuntu 12.04 alongside it by creating a partition. ...
cammil's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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Dual boot Windows, with Ubuntu first [duplicate]

I currently have only Ubuntu stored on my new SSD, and am looking to add a dual boot to Windows 10. However, I can't find much online explaining how to do so when Ubuntu was first. I don't really ...
Matthew Hughes's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
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Installing Windows as dual boot on Linux computer [duplicate]

I am currently having my Dell XPS13 with Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS installed, and I am very happy with it (mostly doing dev stuff). Right now I am using a Windows VM whenever I need to use Windows application....
Ironlors's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
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Installing Ubuntu / Windows to two separate hard drives [duplicate]

So I have installed Ubuntu to a 1 TB hard drive.(I have a laptop) I want to install Windows 7 to another 500 Gb hard drive and be able to switch out between the two hard drives. Is this possible? Will ...
EpicCode's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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How to install Windows as a second OS? [duplicate]

I've installed Xubuntu 14 on my laptop. But now the laptop cannot detect the windows installation disc. When I put in the disc and restart, nothing changed; it still went directly into Xubuntu without ...
Eric's user avatar
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1 answer
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dual boot lubuntu/windows xp: lubuntu installed first [duplicate]

I would like to dual-boot lubuntu 12.04 alongside windows xp on an old IBM thinkpad T42. However, lubuntu was installed first, and I don't want to have to FDisk it, then reinstall everything. Is there ...
chris.thorpe's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
475 views

How to install Windows and Ubuntu on the same machine? [duplicate]

I tried to install Ubuntu on a machine having Windows OS.While installing Ubuntu I was not able to see all the partitions and I had to format the hard drive. Now the result is that I am having the ...
nitesh.kodle123's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
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I have Ubuntu 16.04,how to install Windows,dual boot [duplicate]

This is my current configuration Should I make new partition for Windows?I wouldn't like to destroy my current Ubuntu installation.
MikiBelavista's user avatar
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1 answer
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I need to install Windows 7 from ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

I got ubuntu 16.04 for my computer but without many of the drivers was useless so i went to ubuntu 14.04, now i have to move to windows 7 because of some studies that require windows, problem is if i ...
Pablo Domínguez's user avatar
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1 answer
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Can I install Windows 7 after Installing Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I already installed Ubuntu ; I'm attempting to install Windows 7 but I cant because my hard drive is a different file system format. Steps I've Tried I attempted to format part of my disk to make ...
k64's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
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Reinstalling Windows from Ubuntu [duplicate]

I'm kinda new to Ubuntu. I have 2 operating systems, Windows 7 on partition C and Ubuntu 14 on partition D. I need to reinstall Windows, wiping only partition C (I need to preserve all files on D). I ...
Cynizm's user avatar
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i have kubuntu and want to install windows 7 in a dual boot [duplicate]

Currently I have installed Kubuntu 14.04 native on a machine with 1TB of disk space. Now I have to use a program for work which is not working in Linux nor will it run in Windows inside of a VM. ...
Charles Hockenberry's user avatar
5 votes
0 answers
515 views

How to dual boot with Windows 7 on an Ubuntu-only system? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu? Well basically, I have a 500GB hard drive with Ubuntu 12.04 installed (Only OS at the moment). I plan to install ...
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