Windows 10: possible partition damage after Windows 10 uninstall?

I have no idea why (at least I think I have partitions) that either have been not fully been removed by Windows 10 and now it is damaging my Windows 8.1 install ..am I thinking this is correct, and if it is, how can i fix this? Matt

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Windows 7 to 10

Good afternoon

Have on my professional computer, two partitions.

1st one has the Windows 7 installed and I would like to upgrade to windows 10

2nd one has the Ubuntu, that I wish to remain as is.

Will it be possible to proceed with the windows upgrade without "damaging" the 2nd partition?

Thank you all in advance

António

 

Error during factory reset

reset from where

recovery partition ?

recovery media ?

as far back as vista the upgrade process has been known to damage the recovery partition or the boot info that points to the recovery partition etc.

have seen the windows upgrade process totally wipe the contents of the recovery partition on some systems

leaving it empty

on other systems

have seen the recovery partition removed during the upgrade process leaving unallocated space

if you are attempting to roll back

there is a 30 day window where roll back is possible

after the 30 days passes roll back is impossible

 

I notice you have the HP Assistant there... This tool does updates itself, and is probably not Windows 10 compatible. It could be related to your problems... I would do a clean Windows 10 install. At this point, back up everything you have then wipe your entire disk.