Re-Installing my PC (Again)

Anyway, I'm going to install Windows 7 on my Ubuntu machine as Ubuntu is inconvenient for me... can't use any of the programs that I need and want. What I have questions in is, do I need to reformat the hard drive or will the Windows 7 Installation CD do that for me? I could just wait and see when I get the disk tomorrow, but I'm trying to already have answers when and if this pups up...

If I manually have to reformat the hard drive, how would I do that? If the CD formats it for me, would it be as good or even better then a manual format? Which way is best?

Thanks in advance.

You will have the option to perform a format during the Windows 7 install.

If you still want to play around in Linux you can look into vmware player and virtual box. You can actually simulate a headless server with virtual box (my guess would be that vm can do the same). Its quite nice because it gives you the power of running Linux with out the extra hardware.you just remote into it Like any other server.

Alright thanks.

I was thinking of installing Ubuntu on a separate Hard Drive and when I want to use Ubuntu, I'll just start the computer using that hard drive as external... I think it'll work.

Ok, I got the Windows 7 Box, and in the top left corner it says "upgrade" is it only for upgrades or does it install the OS as well?

Probbably only and upgrade. Meaning you need to have windos XP/Vista prevously installed.

Dual booting is nice, but the problem is you have to restart lol. I use windows depends programs to much to run a dual boot. I actually ended up building a second desktop to run Linux on to setup next to my main computer. Now I just flip a switch on my monitor to move between the two. Also now if I'm in the middle of playing a game, I dont have to shut it down to do something quick, I just change monitors.

My friend has the same kind of CD with the word "Upgrade" on the top left and he said that he installed Windows 7 on a Mac OS machine as dual boot. I want to install this Windows 7 over my Ubuntu...

You should be able to, when you install Win 7 just tell it to format your hard drive. It will warn you and tell you that doing so will delete all of your data. You won't have any problem deleting your Ubuntu partition.

You might be able to install Win 7 as a fresh install. You would probably need to have a Win XP or Vista CD key along with it though. I've never done an upgrade, so it may require that the previous operating system already be install. Your friend may of dual booted with Win XP or something and then ran the upgrade.

I don't think so... he bought a Mac machine for 2 grand and then bought the Win 7 CD because he couldn't play his favorite games on Mac... anyway, I just bought another Win 7 CD for $200 and gonna try it...

I got one problem... the damn thing doesn't load from the damn CD... It flashes an error screen for like 1 millisecond and then loads Ubuntu...

I don't know how to make it load from the CD.


I went to BIOS and for the loading thing I made it so it will only load from the CD but the PC has a mind of it's own and disobeys me.

Try #2: Now it's telling me there is no directory or file somewhere somehow... I just bought the CD and trying to install an OS on a hard drive and I'm missing some directory... wtf?

This just got worse... Now it brought me to a screen telling me which partition to boot from and to select I have to use my keyboard but it disables my keyboard everytime I get to this screen... I have no idea what to do right now.

About booting from windows 7 CD it tells me the following (had to record the machine booting on video with my iPhone):

Ok I just booted the pc with the ubuntu cd and it stopped showing me that box to select what to boot from, BUT it still disables my mouse and keyboard... Windows 7 managed to mess up my pc without even being downloaded... This must be a sign

Great... Now it's telling me


I checked the boot sequence and it said

• Floppy
• IDE-0:bunch of numbers and letters' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
• Cd/DVD

Ok it's now booting... But it still disables the mouse and the keyboard...

It just beeps once and immediately after the beep the mouse and the keyboard are disabled. If I unplug the USB connections and plug in again, the laser on the mouse lights up but the pc doesn't recognize the mouse... It's still useless...