I am using a Lenovo laptop I removed Windows and using Xubuntu xfce and Kali Linux on my system for many years. I have enough free space on my disk to reinstall Windows. Since I don't have Windows installation media but I have Windows recovery ISO. How I can install Windows without loosing other Operating Systems on my system?
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Well temporary you will lose access to other (l)unix based os as the windows installation does not have a 'do not install bootloader' option. After the installation you will have to boot a livecd and install boot-repair from with a ppa or preferably use this image which has the software pre-installed boot-repair-disk and then quoting from the homesite:
(1) Then burn it on a live-USB key via Rufus or Unetbootin. (do not burn it on CD/DVD if your PC came with Windows8)
(2) Insert the Boot-Repair-Disk and reboot the PC,
(3) Choose your language,
(4) Connect internet if possible
(5) Click "Recommended repair"
(6) Reboot the pc --> solves the majority of bootsector/GRUB/MBR problems
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update-grubfrom Ubuntu Live cd – Mudit Kapil Mar 07 '15 at 15:31