Grub vs Windows bootloader D: NOOOooo...

[cwsnyder]

It may be the Microsoft Security Essentials, but I have seen this problem before.

[*^kyfds(]

i'm going ahead with this from oldfred's post.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...49&postcount=9

[*^kyfds(]

i still can't boot from the grub bootloader.

would it be possible to completely get rid of the windows partition, but leave the recovery partition intact if i want to restore it?

[oldfred]

Often the system lets you write the recovery to a set of DVDs so you can recover to a new drive when the old drive fails. Then you do not have to save the recovery partition.

The vendor recovery DVDs are just an image of your drive as purchased. If you have housecleaned a lot of cruft normally included, run many updates with many reboots, and added software you may want a full back up.
Backup windows before install - post by Mark Phelps
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2040149
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1626990
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Another suggestion by srs5694
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

Make your own Windows repairCD (not vendor recovery):
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/w...em-repair-disc
http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1114725.htm

Windows 7 repair USB, Also Vista if service pack installed
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-re...tion-dvd-disc/
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/creat...usb-drive.html

[*^kyfds(]

Considering how slowly windows 7 was running of this netbook, i just decided to wipe out all of the partitions, apart from the recovery partition, and install ubuntu 12.04

marking as solved.