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Cannot install Windows 7 over a Debian install
Hello:
I work in an office center that mainly uses Linux, particurlaly a Debian x64 distribution. The way the hard drive is partitioned (1 TB hard disk) is 30 GB for root, 1 GB for swap and 929 GB for the home directory. I repartitioned the home directory in two chunks of aprox 400 GB, so as to make room for a Windows installation, because certain programs require it.
So I wanted to do it, so that the machine became a dual boot PC. When I try to install I get the following options in the "Where do you want to install Windows?" Screen:
Disk 0 Partition 1 27.9 GB 0.0 MB System
Disk 0 Partition 2 488.3 GB 0.0 MB Logical
Disk 0 Partition 3 414.4 GB 414.3 GB Logical
Disk 0 Partition 4 953.3 MB 0.0 MB Logical
Partition 3 is where I want to install. I've deleted it and clicked on format multiple times. However I always get the message: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information.
I do not know what this means or how I can see those log files.
I don't want to do a clean install because the machine already has valuable information that should not be lost.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.