Some help?

i found a sticker on the side of the tower! compaq presario cq5500Y pc

I got a graphics card with it too ATI radeon 4350 HD

ok - how are you planning to install windows?

all you really need to get online is the network drivers, but we need to know whether you'll need 32 or 64 bit...which version of windows are you installing?

joelkat said:

All I know is that im running linux ubuntu 10.10 want win7 and im on a Compaq Presario 64 bit AND im running on Comcast internet pconnected through router that is connected to a modem?

if your going from ubuntu 10.10 and your not doing a side by side installation, im thinking you are going to want to repair your MBR to get rid of GRUB..... its not hard to do if you have the win7 installation disk.

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

your probly going to want to go with /RebuildBcd

64 I believe is better correct? I do homework school work gaming ( im a under cover NERD ) facebook all the above lol

bmcdevitt said:

joelkat said:

All I know is that im running linux ubuntu 10.10 want win7 and im on a Compaq Presario 64 bit AND im running on Comcast internet pconnected through router that is connected to a modem?

if your going from ubuntu 10.10 and your not doing a side by side installation, im thinking you are going to want to repair your MBR to get rid of GRUB..... its not hard to do if you have the win7 installation disk.

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

your probly going to want to go with /RebuildBcd

im new to computer stuff lolz heres how I plan on it is I install it and im happy

joelkat said:

bmcdevitt said:

joelkat said:

All I know is that im running linux ubuntu 10.10 want win7 and im on a Compaq Presario 64 bit AND im running on Comcast internet pconnected through router that is connected to a modem?

if your going from ubuntu 10.10 and your not doing a side by side installation, im thinking you are going to want to repair your MBR to get rid of GRUB..... its not hard to do if you have the win7 installation disk.

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

your probly going to want to go with /RebuildBcd

im new to computer stuff lolz heres how I plan on it is I install it and im happy

you will be more than happy with x64

and do you boot from CD on windows 7?

joelkat said:

and do you boot from CD on windows 7?

to install win7 =yes sir,
to fix MBR=yes

i think if you install win7 over your partition of ubuntu that you will not have to fix MBR, but if you still get the screen that has the mem test and says GRUB above, than your going to have to fix MBR to get rid of GRUB.

either way, back up your valuable documents, and dont repair MBR until after you get win 7 on there.