On 10/18/2013 09:50 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker issued this missive:
Hello,
I have a Lenovo T430 that had Windows 7 Pro pre-installed, but I
wiped out Windows and installed Fedora 19 instead (actually, I first
installed Ubuntu and then Fedora).
Now I want to turn it into a dual-boot machine with Fedora and
Windows based on the license for the pre-installed Windows.
I see on the web some recommendations to first install Windows, and
some say you can install first Linux and then Windows, but it may not
work for (some?) pre-installed versions.
So, now I'm wondering whether I should first wipe out Fedora and then
put first Windows and second Fedora, or whether I should try to keep
Fedora and add Windows next to it?
My file systems currently look like this:
[oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root 51475068 8239400 40597844 17% /
devtmpfs 3929460 0 3929460 0% /dev
tmpfs 3936376 96 3936280 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 3936376 900 3935476
<tel:900%C2%A0%C2%A0%203935476> 1% /run
tmpfs 3936376 0 3936376 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3936376 52 3936324 1% /tmp
/dev/sda1 487652 120305 337651 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/fedora-home 420590200 21603936 377598388 6% /home
I haven't done it with recent versions of Windows (7 or 8) as I only
install that crud as a virtual guest and run it once in a very, VERY
long time.
<soap>
I _detest_ Microsoft's business practices, but that's a topic that is
not apropos to this list or thread.
</soap>
That being said, in the past Windows assumed it owned the whole machine
and would take over the entire hard disk. The installer did not honor
existing non-Windows partitions so it would blithely blow anything else
away.
The safe mode is:
1. Back up your Linux stuff
2. Install Windows, making sure you have it leave some disk free.
3. Install Linux in the free space left by Windows.
4. Restore your data to the Linux space.
Unlike Microsoft, Linux installers honor existing partitions and
operating systems and will "play nice". Windows does not. And be VERY
careful about messing around with Windows' disk tools. You could
destroy your Linux stuff easily.
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