[Blackpool] re dual booting

[Colin]

Please see email from Lancaster below - it's a tip for dual booting

Colin
>> On 19/07/10 15:29, Ken Hough wrote:
>> > 2. If, as many people do to start with, you decide to go for a dual
>> > booting setup with Windows and Linux, I strongly recommend one change
>> > from the default setup that Ubuntu and other Linux distros provide.
>> >
>> > During the default setup procedure Ubuntu will place the dual boot info
>> > in the master boot sector of the hard drive. Should this ever get 
>> > screwed
>> > up you may well loose access to your Microsoft system.
>> >
>> > Better to place the dual boot info on the boot record of a primary 
>> > Linux
>> > partition and then set that partition as the active partition. If you
>> > later decide that you wish to remove Linux, or that system should 
>> > become
>> > corrupted, it will be necessary only to reset the Windows partition to 
>> > be
>> > the active/boot partition. I learned the value of doing this some years
>> > ago as the result of practical/disasterous experiences.
>>
>> It is - if you have a Windows CD - very easy to rebuild the Master Boot
>> Record for Windows - one single command:
>>
>> fixmbr
>>
>> See:
>> http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-mbr-xp-vista/
>> http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairmbr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Editing.2FReplacing_MBR_Contents 


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