[SOLVED] Formatting and installing windows on another partition

Hello..
I'm planning to reformat my Windows XP partition with GParted and install Windows 7 on it instead.
When I remove the "boot" flag on my /boot partition before doing anything, then format the partition, install Windows 7 on and put the "boot" flag back with GParted live CD, everything should be working fine, shouldn't it?
Or will formating the Windows partition somehow affect Arch (as I'm accessing it with Arch)?
Or will Windows bootloader still overwrite Grub, even if I remove the "boot" flag on it?
Thanks..
Last edited by Psylver (2011-12-01 18:29:42)

Thanks.. you were right, but everything worked fine. Took me some time to figure out how to restore Grub as I didn't realize I installed it to a seperate partition.

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