Windows 7: Installing Windows 7 on a partition

I currently use Ubuntu 9.04 as my primary OS, but having used Vista x64, Windows 7 x64 beta and having a copy of the RC i want to install it...

...but i don't want to frakk up my existing partitions etc.



Will Windows happily see and install to a 40GB partition i have on the drive, or will it demand to wipe it all or refuse to install. I always encountered this problem when installing Vista which resulted in having to chop up and delete partitions.

I'm aware my GRUB will get fryed, but that's a command or two away from being re-installed so no worries there.

Thanks in advance you crazy windows people!

I think you can get it to work without messing up your existing stuff. But really it depends on your current setup.

I would make the 40GB partition a primary partition and set it as "active" or "bootable" before trying to install Windows 7.

It should be just fine. I don't remember Vista doing anything like that, but I have not tried to install it from Ubuntu.

~Lordbob