How to install windows 7+ without removing installed Ubuntu?

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yamatoko2015-06-05 07:14:40

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yamatoko, 2015-06-05 07:14:40

There is ubuntu 14 installed. Is it possible to install windows 7 or higher without uninstalling ubuntu?

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Eugene, 2015-06-05
@yellowmew

There are two options:
1. installation on an additional partition, as Aleksey Saprin
already noted . In this case, Windows will overwrite the bootloader and it will be necessary to restore it in order to be able to boot into both systems. Please note Dmitry 's answer in this question: How to restore windows 7 bootloader after installing Ubuntu?
2. Installing Windows in a VHD container (using a virtual machine) and then adding an entry to grub to boot from the vhd container (to boot windows onto real hardware).
here is this article to help you: habrahabr.ru/post/228641
I would recommend using the second method: it makes fewer changes to your main (currently) OS and does not require you to allocate an additional partition, but only a place to store the VHD file.

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Alexander Tartmin, 2015-06-05
@baskerville42

Just recently appeared: Dealing with UEFI and GPT: installing Windows and Kubu ... - a good article.

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Alexey Saprin, 2015-06-05
@0crash0

you need to break the hard .. or just install it on another partition ...
but you still have to restore the boot record .... for example, from livesd or usb ... using the boot-repair program