[SOLVED] debian 7 on a machine with windows 7 and openSUSE 12.2
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debian 7 on a machine with windows 7 and openSUSE 12.2
Hi,
I have a thinkpad laptop, on which there are windows 7 and openSUSE 12.2, I want to install debian 7 on it and I want it to replace the openSUSE and to keep the windows 7 partition untouched.
The easiest way is to launch your Windows, remove the openSuse partitions, then start from the Debian CD/DVD/USB and when it comes to partitioning let the installer use the free space.
Alternatively you can start the installer and point it manually to the openSuse partitions.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I managed to open the windows 7 partition manager, but my question is, how can I know that the boot loader is not going to be deleted and as a result I will loose my windows(I don't want to loose my windows).
There are no partition called unknown all of them are called healthy (primary partition).
I managed to open the windows 7 partition manager, but my question is, how can I know that the boot loader is not going to be deleted and as a result I will loose my windows(I don't want to loose my windows).
Parts of the bootloader reside on your Linux partitions, so you will loose that anyway. That doesn't mean that you will loose your Windows (as long as you don't delete the Windows partitions). In any case you should make backups when doing something system critical, like partitioning or installing an OS. The Debian installer will install a new bootloader for your.
Quote:
There are no partition called unknown all of them are called healthy (primary partition).
I just booted into my Windows system to have a look. The Windows partitions (red circles in the attached image) are shown with filesystem, here NTFS, while the Linux partitions (green circles in the image) have not mentioned a file system.
As you can see I have 3 Windows partitions and 4 Linux partitions on this system.
What if I want to boot to windows before I manage to install debian 7, can I still be able to boot to windows?
thnx
No, in that case, before removing the partitions, you have to reinstall the Windows bootloader. You can do that with starting a command prompt as Administrator (type cmd.exe in the search box of the Start menu, then press Control+Shift+Enter), then type in the command
Code:
bootrec.exe /fixboot
Reboot the system to test if it worked, if it has you will directly boot to the Windows installation without seeing a boot-menu.
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