Installing windows 7 AFTER ubuntu AND as secondary OS.

[GRAYgoose12]

I currently have Ubuntu installed, but I want to install windows 7 so that I can play some games, but I do not want to change Ubuntu at all, I want it to remain as it is.

I think windows overwrites the GRUB bootloader and I am hoping someone could give me a step by step tutorial to revert this after windows is installed and whatever else I may need to do.

Thanks.

[oldfred]

Are you still running 7.04? That would be old grub legacy. New verisons of Ubuntu are using grub2.

How to restore the Ubuntu/XP/Vista/7 bootloader (Updated for Ubuntu 9.10)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

You will have to create a primary NTFS partition and set the boot flag on for the Win7 installer to see it.

GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html
Partitioning basics with some info on /data, older but still good
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=282018&highlight=separate+%2Fdata+partition
Screenshots of using gparted
http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Older but discusses the issues, reinstall grub or grub2, not other alternatives:
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_linux_is_already_ installed.htm
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot#Installing%20Windows%20After%20Ubu ntu

One disadvantage of grub legacy is that is does not find and create a menu stanza for win7 most times. If you need one to add to menu.lst, I have saved several versions that usually work.