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Reinstalling Windows

  • 19-11-2013 07:07PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2


    Hi,
    I have had a dual-boot(well, nearly 5 OS's) system for a while, and I tried to install Kali linux and get rid of back track, but in one of the steps, i think it said "Do you want to overwrite the Master Boot Record" or something like that, i accidentally clicked yes, then windows wouldn't boot for me so I tried to do a fresh install. First I completely cleared my hard-drives and began. When I got to the step of clicking install, it says "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition", and refuses to install. All I have now is ubuntu and I want windows back, any suggestions???
    Thanks to everyone for your reply's,
    :D


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭invaderzimirl


    try using Gparted to see what is your poor drive looks like with 5 OS's on it at one point. its prob cant font the logical block it requires to install wondows onto


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 monkeyboy135


    I have two hard drives, one had windows and ubuntu and the others had the other OS's, I went through a whole process of clearing my hardrive in teh installation cd and marking it as active etc. And what am I to look for in GParted :P


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