On 5 May 2010 13:45, Dino T. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys > > About a week ago I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my HP Presario laptop. I did > this because the laptop wouldn't boot up due to a corrupt dll file. I have > since upgraded to Lucid Linux, however I want to install Windows 7 as well > to dual boot. The instalation will be on my laptops separate drive. (2 x > 250GB). > > I have made a Windows Live CD and tried doing what I did top install Ubuntu. > No luck after booting the disk drive first. Just a black screen with "Remove > All Media and press control + alt + del". > > I then downloaded EP and installed it to a USB using Unetbootin after > formating the USB with FAT32. Again, l same thing happens. > > I need a Windows OS because of work software that are not Linux compatible. > > Anyone have any idea what to try next? Thanks. > > Dino T. >
Run Windows in a VM? KVM (if your laptop supports the virtualisation extensions) or VirtualBox are both good. I've never heard of a Windows Live CD. You could do a standard installation of Windows and then restore the Ubuntu bootloader. There are instructions on the web: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows HTH Neil. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
