# Installing windows after SLED 11

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931>\
**Category:** SLED Install-Boot\
**Created:** [December 29, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931 "2013-12-29T00:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![AljazX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AljazX](https://forums.suse.com/u/AljazX)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931/1 "2013-12-29T00:21:32Z")

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Hello!  
So I just bought a new HP probook 470 GO wich had a pre-installed SLED 11. And i have an .iso file for Windows 8. So my question is, can i install windows on this preinstalled Suse Linux?

Thanks for help  
(newbie)

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**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931/2 "2013-12-29T01:07:38Z")

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AljazX Wrote in message:  
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> So I just bought a new HP probook 470 GO wich had a pre-installed SLED  
> 11. And i have an .iso file for Windows 8. So my question is, can i  
> install windows on this preinstalled Suse Linux?[/color]

Do you want to install Windows 8 in place of SLED11 or alongside  
so that both are available?

## HTH.

Simon  
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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**Author:** ![AljazX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@AljazX](https://forums.suse.com/u/AljazX)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931/3 "2013-12-29T13:42:53Z")

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I want to replace SLED entirely and install windows 8.

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**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931/4 "2013-12-29T17:41:16Z")

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> [@AljazX;18297](#):
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> I want to replace SLED entirely and install windows 8.

Burn the Windows ISO you mentioned you have to a DVD or use it to make a bootable USB flash drive, boot the machine from the DVD or USB flash drive and go through the Windows 8 install process. That the machine currently has SLED on it seems essentially irrelevant because you’re not interested in keeping it. The process would be the same if the machine had Ubuntu on it, or OpenSolaris, or FreeBSD or no operating system at all.

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**Author:** ![KEVIN1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KEVIN1](https://forums.suse.com/u/KEVIN1)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installing-windows-after-sled-11/24931/5 "2013-12-29T23:43:00Z")

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AljazX wrote:  
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> I want to replace SLED entirely and install windows 8.[/color]

Do what mikewillis said but consider this:

1. If there is a service partition on your notebook, consider whether  
or not you want to leave it there or wipe it out when you install  
Windows.

2. Before you begin, you should verify that Windows 8 is supported and  
that HP has the necessary drivers.

3. You may want to create a set of restore DVD’s for your SLED system  
before you wipe it out.

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Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner  
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