[Blackpool] re dual booting

[Les Pounder]

Thanks for the tip Colin, that is really useful.

I think I will sign up to the Lancaster LUG's mailing list.

Les

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Colin <63a at lineone.net> wrote:

> 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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