[ltp] Re-install default OS on a specified partition disk

[Ayaz Ahmed Khan]

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Guillermo Latorre typed:
> Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote:
>> Oh, the dreaded C/H/S values issue.  I had nearly forgotten that.  I'm
>> inexperienced when it comes to doing ``restore-to-factory'' type
>> Windows re-installations.  I've only ever done complete installations
>> of Windows from bootable CDs;  out of a little of my experience and of
>> the experiences of others around at my place, a complete installation
>> of Windows on a disk with existing GNU/Linux OSs has never crapped out
>> - -- except for overwriting the MBR.
>
> Thanks for your reply,
>
> I have that experience too, I have installed Windows many times on a
> computer with a existing Linux partition and everything went well
> (except MBR, but has a easy solution if you have a rescue CD and execute
> lilo or grub).

Yes, absolutely.

> So... should I ask for the installation CD's to IBM and then boot from
> CD and install Windows? I am worried because... and if the IBM Windows
> installation program has as default an install-on-all-hard-disk option?
> Or this not true?

Guillermo, aren't the CDs that IBM supplies the same as any normal
Windows install CDs?  I wasn't handed one;  I doubt the CDs IBM gives
have been tweaked for installations on ThinkPads.

> Can I install from the IBM Windows CD as from a normal Windows install
> CD?

Yes, you can.  And /theoretically/, like any typical Windows
installation, it should pick up the first vfat partition and install
it there.  But, as Chrisptopher said earlier, do back-up your
important data, just in case.

- -- 
Ayaz Ahmed Khan, unixforge.org/~ayaz/, fast-ce.org/linux

"It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course,
 you are an exceptionally good liar."
                -- Jerome K. Jerome
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