Installing XP over Ubuntu

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smak786

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Just bought a new HP laptop, it came with UBUNTU. I inserted Windows XP cd and booted..After it loaded everything and was about to give me options to partitions and install XP - it gave me BLUE screen with ERROR message.

Can someone give me instructions how to install XP over Ubuntu ?
 
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Ubuntu uses a ext4 file system, Windows can't accept that anything else exists and puts fingers in it's ears and...
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smak786

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The error is something like this -

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard disk controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
 
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Ubuntu uses a ext4 file system, Windows can't accept that anything else exists and puts fingers in it's ears and puts on a blindfold and yells NONONONONONONONONO!!!!!

You'll need to make a new NTFS partition using gparted and install XP there. BTW, windows will erase your boot loader for Ubuntu so if you wish to keep Ubuntu put a copy of live Ubuntu on a flash to use to reinstall it after windows goes NONONONONONONO! again. Add boot-repair to do the job for you https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

Really, it's a big baby.

 
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To add to stillblue's reply, you can use the Windows XP installer to delete all partitions and create a new NTFS partition to house Windows. If you're wanting to dual-boot with Ubuntu, I suggest wiping the hard drive, installing Windows first on half of the drive, then install Ubuntu on the second half of the drive. The best part is Ubuntu will recognize your Windows partition and add it to the GRUB menu, which gives you plenty of time to select either Windows or Ubuntu when you boot.

In short, wipe drive, install Windows, then install Ubuntu. Ubuntu plays nice and Windows doesn't, so let Ubuntu setup the dual-boot portion.

Good luck.
 
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