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I need to start over because I asked the wrong question

by Jul 20, 2013 6:28AM PDT

in my previous post and don't want to confuse things. Here's what I really want to do...I have two os's on my hdd, one Win 7 and one Linux. I really don't like running Linux live cd's or running it in a virtual box . Most linux distro's don't have a way to wipe it from the hdd and install another in it's place, so I end up reinstalling Win 7 first than the new distro . Is there a way to do this without always starting from scratch and reinstalling Win 7 ?

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Duel boot
by Ray_moe Jul 20, 2013 9:20PM PDT

How are you installing Linuxlite
Are you using wubi
Are you using two partitions on the hdd's

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I believe wubi
by itsdigger Jul 21, 2013 1:40AM PDT

only works for Ubuntu and maybe Mint.

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I don't believe Mint has Wubi
by wpgwpg Jul 21, 2013 1:59AM PDT

I've seen nothing about Wubi in Mint. It is in Ubuntu as you say.

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I tried it once and didn't have any luck wpwg
by itsdigger Jul 21, 2013 2:04AM PDT
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Duel boot
by Ray_moe Jul 21, 2013 10:47AM PDT

Windows 7 and linux
If you have them on a seperate partition
You can use gparted to delete the linux partition
Then when you install the next o/s use something else and configured the partition you deleted for the new

This is somewhat of a guess as your info as to what you actually have is rather fuzzy
Good luck

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Hi Ray
by itsdigger Jul 21, 2013 11:23AM PDT

Thanks for the input. I'll be trying gparted on the next go round...Digger

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When I tested Mint, I reinstalled it w/o reinstalling Win 7
by Jul 21, 2013 2:03AM PDT

When you first install Mint, you point it at a partition. Out of that partition it carves its own space which you determine the size of. After that if you install a new distro (of Mint anyway), it will go to that carved out partition.

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that's true But
by itsdigger Jul 21, 2013 2:10AM PDT

most Distro's don't have that. For instance I'm trying out a new Debian based Distro and have to create another partition. Looks pretty cutting edge for Debian , have a look-> http://solydxk.com/ ..Digger

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