Migrate Linux server to Windows

Question

apologies for vague description but essentially I have a Linux box (Ubuntu) which has three drives. The first drive is formatted with a Linux format (I'm not sure which one but probably irrelevant) and the second and third drives are NTFS as they have been shares on a windows network.

Can I just reformat the first drive to NTFS and install windows? Would I expect windows to see drives 2 and 3 as they are already NTFS drives?

Thanks

Answer 1

Backup/Image your system before doing any changes, if the system is critical.

Yes, begin Windows installation process. There will be a point in the installation where you will be asked to select the drive/partition on which Windows should be installed. Your first drive will be listed. You can wipe it off and choose the entire drive for Windows. Default NTFS will be created for you.

If you have trouble, create gparted live CD and boot system with it. It will allow you to wipe off the first drive. Then install Windows on that drive.

Yes, Windows will see drive 2 and 3.

Also, you will get some nice help on https://serverfault.com/ if there are complications with disk setup (RAID/LVM etc.).