Before Mulitboot Installation with Win7
by oschu from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4YJ5M)
I have 2 systems with 2 Windows7 each:
A) Dell
Disk0: Windows partition (NTFS)
Disk1: System Reserved (NTFS 100MB) and Windows7 (NTFS)
B) HP
Disk0: Windows partition (NTFS 224GB, Flag 'boot') and HP_Recovery (9GB)
Disk1: Windows10 (NTFS 230GB) and unnamed partition (865MB, Flag 'diag')
I want to maintain the existing Windows installations on Disk0. Linux should work from disk1.
I understand that the Linux installation will reformat the complete disk, (disk1 in both cases).
Would the installation eliminate the small partitions 'System Reserved' and the unnamed one, and what would be the consequences?
Many thanks in advance for advice!
A) Dell
Disk0: Windows partition (NTFS)
Disk1: System Reserved (NTFS 100MB) and Windows7 (NTFS)
B) HP
Disk0: Windows partition (NTFS 224GB, Flag 'boot') and HP_Recovery (9GB)
Disk1: Windows10 (NTFS 230GB) and unnamed partition (865MB, Flag 'diag')
I want to maintain the existing Windows installations on Disk0. Linux should work from disk1.
I understand that the Linux installation will reformat the complete disk, (disk1 in both cases).
Would the installation eliminate the small partitions 'System Reserved' and the unnamed one, and what would be the consequences?
Many thanks in advance for advice!