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Thriell
January 26th, 2009, 06:33 PM
I have Windows XP service Pack 3 and Kubuntu 8.10 living happily on the same hard drive, but I'm having a problem with my computer locking up when I boot from the Windows partition. This only started in the last couple of weeks. I know it's got nothing to do with the dual boot. I suspect it has to do with the fact that that partition has Windows on it, and Windows just does crap like that occasionally. :)

Anywho...

I'm this >< close to just reinstalling Windows on that partition, but when I do it's going to overwrite the boot info and kill off my dual boot. How do I re-install grub without re-installing the whole linux partition?

Pumalite
January 26th, 2009, 06:37 PM
http://apcmag.com/5459/dualboot_ubuntu_and_windows_xp