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Win 7 over an Ubuntu install

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zigzag03

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I have a machine loaded with only Ubuntu 12.04, which is a very decent little OS imho, but not what the person getting the machine needs. So now i'm trying to load win 7 pro, but can't get the full version dvd to load. It simply reboots after trying to start the windows splash screen. It appears to do the initial loading of files, but that's it. Is there an issue loading Win7 over a linux installation? I'm not looking to dual-boot, and in any case it seems that that can best be done only from a windows installation first. So I'd be happy to just install the win7 and move on. Can anyone offer some advice on this? I have searched the forum, but perhaps i'm using the wrong key words, i'm not sure. Thanks zz03
 
Sounds like you have some other issue there. Windows should install without doing anything special. It won't recognize the EXT4 partitions, but it should helpfully offer to format for you.
 
I guess that's what i thought too. I can try to blow the drive out and fdisk it or whatever they use these days for such things. I'll keep playing with it. thanks
 
it never gets that far is my thought. it goes thru the initial loading of files, then attempts to bring up the splash screen, then reboots. so i dunno.
 
might be a bad burn/corrupted iso, but it could be hardware related. was the machine having issues previously? id redownload and re-burn the dvd, or redownload and use a thumb drive and try it again
 
the dvd is an original and authentic windows 7 pro full install, not an upgrade. i can try an iso on a thumb drive, but wouldn't it be nice if it just installed, because i have other things to do rather to obsess over a stupid computer? sorry, just frustrated.
 
For kicks, you could try wiping the disk first. Boot to Gparted, remove all the partitions, and format it to NTFS. That shouldn't matter, but who knows. That might release some MS magic :^D
 
I'm going investigate that solution if for no other reason than to increase my knowledge of things linux. The ubuntu it has is actually a nice little os and i'm going to set up one of my own machines with it to learn more. But the person getting the machine needs windows, so onward I will go... and thanks to all.
 
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