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Installing Windows 8 on a PC with Win 7 and Ubuntu

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    Hi, I want to install Win 8 on my PC which has 2 operating system, Win 7 and Ubuntu, simultaneously. The boot screen is controlled by GRUB. My question is, is it possible to do so? If it is, How exactly? Thanks :)

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      Hi, I want to install Win 8 on my PC which has 2 operating system, Win 7 and Ubuntu, simultaneously. The boot screen is controlled by GRUB. My question is, is it possible to do so? If it is, How exactly? Thanks :)

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      Honestly, I don't know if it is or not. It should be, but with all of the secure boot mayhem, I am not sure. I usually run other operating systems in VMWare for safety and to avoid boot breakdowns.

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        Hi, I want to install Win 8 on my PC which has 2 operating system, Win 7 and Ubuntu, simultaneously. The boot screen is controlled by GRUB. My question is, is it possible to do so? If it is, How exactly? Thanks :)

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        JoeSox
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        Take a look at this thread. some dude did two is in VM. www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/dual-booting-with-ubuntu-using-grub-2-and-a-truecrypt-windows-installation-877873/ sorry. no clicky on mobile

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          Hi, I want to install Win 8 on my PC which has 2 operating system, Win 7 and Ubuntu, simultaneously. The boot screen is controlled by GRUB. My question is, is it possible to do so? If it is, How exactly? Thanks :)

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          i have used virtual box to install it on my machine... I have Win 7 and Ubuntu as Dual boot and Windows server 2008 and Win 8 on virtual box...https://www.virtualbox.org/[^]

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