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Windows probly wont even see your linux partitions and if it does see them will very likely screw them up royally. I would recommend using a program like Norton Ghost. I'm not sure how linux friendly it is bu tI think I remember seeing on their website that it will work with linux. If that doesn't work for you I hope someone else will have a better idea than mine.
I don't even wanna try NortonGhost! So are there any other tips or should I just reinstall the OS?
ps.IN the case of me reinstalling the OS which CONFIG file's should I save?
>Mount your old '/' to a folder (assuming there aren't any other partitons), ex: /old
>Mount the new '/' to a folder, ex: /new
>use 'umask=0' command
>use cp -r /old/* /new
>Edit files in /new to reflect that they're on a different hard drive if needed, probably need to edit /etc/fstab and /etc/grub.conf .
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