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Problem Dual Booting SSD

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Shea6892

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So I just bought an OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD and installed windows 7 on it. Then I was going to put Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and accidentally hit to automatically have Linux pick the partitions which messed everything up. That led me to format all of the partitions on my SSD in Windows and now when I try to install windows on it it says it doesn't have a root file/folder or something like that. PLEASE I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.
 
okay. get a gparted livecd. load it up and look at the partitions.

you should have two of them. the main ones are /boot and /

make the size of / smaller. make an ntfs partition with that leftover space for your windows.

install windows into that partition.

this will kill your grub. reinstall your grub using some kind of repair method either in gparted or with a grub restore cd. that should be it.
 
I just want to Install a clean Windows 7 and then install Ubuntu after, do I have to do this process to do anything with my SSD now?
 
Shea6892 said:
I just want to Install a clean Windows 7 and then install Ubuntu after, do I have to do this process to do anything with my SSD now?
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oh okay. in that case if windows 7 is still having an issue, grab a copy of gparted, boot with it, delete all of the partitions on the drive, create an msdos partition table, and you should be set with installing win7.
 
Okay cool. And then I will be able to create a partition in windows and install ubuntu after? Thanks.
 
Ya, it's pretty easy to switch/replace partition boot tables, depending on the OS you're using. Hirens Bootdisk works wonders in this situation!
 
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