You can make a hoarded live CD and not need the reinstall.
On Dec 12, 2012 4:31 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> I have a used Thinkpad T60 with win7 installed and I want to install
> Kubuntu in a dual boot, but I'm having trouble trying to shrink the win-7
> part of the 100-gig HD as as small as I'd like to make it. There are a
> couple of nuisance files stuck at about the 75-gig point. I've tried
> everything I can think of to get rid of those files, to no avail.
>
> So, I think there is a reserve copy of win-7 in another partition. What is
> the procedure to do a fresh re-install of win-7 from that reserve
> partition so I can shrink the HD and install Kubuntu in a dual boot?
>
>
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