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Change location of System partition to install Windows on top of Linux

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I was following this answer to install Windows on top of my existing Linux installation.

However, while running the Windows 7 installer it complains that the partition I am installing on is not a 'System' partition.

I have two HDs, set up like so:

sda (1 Tb)

   - sda1 ntfs (500 Gb) <-- Windows 7 goes here

   - sda2 lvm (500 Gb)  <-- Storage

sdb (128 Gb)

   - sdb1 lvm           <-- Linux installation (also boot flag in GParted)

The Windows 7 installer marks sdb1 as the System partition.

What do I need to do to move the System partition to sda so that I can install Windows?

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answered 2 Years ago anatta · Accepted Answer

The problem was solved by going into my BIOS and setting the boot order of the drives to boot from sda first.

The boot flag is easily set through GParted (and Linux apparently disregards the boot flag).