Reinstall Windows but preserve CentOS

[rmoktali at vsnl.net (Raghavendra Moktali)]

Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 
>    I have a computer that dual boots between Windows and CentOS. Each
> has it's own hard drive.
> 
good to have them on their own drives.
1. configure the windows as the master disk, install windows with the
linux disk removed.
2. add the linux disk as slave or secondary master or slave. This
assumes that grub is loaded on the MBR of the linux disk.
3. set the bios to boot from the linux disk.
4. load linux and configure grub to boot windows.

i have the same setup and works fine. do whatever you want to your
windows disk, there is no problem.

hth,
Raghavendra Moktali