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I am running windows 7 I want to Install Open Suse On My System WITHOUT :CORRUPTING C DRIVE AND not In My Largest Drive. (In one of my friend case It has happened) . Also When I try The Installer given In CD FROM Windows All I get Is the error cannot exec bcdedit.exe

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I don't know what this is asking, but if you're installing Linux from within Windows you're doing it wrong; the CD should be bootable. You might try editing the question to make it clearer what you're doing and what exactly happens – Michael Mrozek♦ Jan 9 '12 at 21:34
Oh, I understand the question now (Cc @Mic). The SuSE installer has a companion Windows program that reboots Windows into the installer proper. I don't know if it's related to bcdedit.exe. – Gilles Jan 10 '12 at 0:23
@Gilles That's what bcdedit.exe is? – Michael Mrozek♦ Jan 10 '12 at 0:23
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The easiest way to install Linux is to boot your computer directly from the SuSE CD. This won't corrupt your Windows installation, just make sure that you do not tell the installer to overwrite your Windows partition. About the error in Windows, we can't help you because you don't say what you did to get that error (clicked on something? what?), and it may be a Windows problem anyway (perhaps an antivirus). I recommend that you boot from the CD and do not try to start the installer from Windows. – Gilles Jan 10 '12 at 0:25
its even better to have usb – Xsi Nov 24 '12 at 11:37

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