using GRUB instead of the windows boot loader

[coldfusion1313]

I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop and I want to install Windows XP too. I know when I install windows it uses it own boot loader, can i reinstall grub over it?

[presence1960]

I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop and I want to install Windows XP too. I know when I install windows it uses it own boot loader, can i reinstall grub over it?

Install windows. it will overwrite the MBR with it's own bootloader. To restore GRUB to MBR follow this 30 second process:


1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type sudo grub. Should get text of which last line is grub>
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0,1)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,1)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd0)", to install GRUB to MBR, or "setup (hd0,1)" or
whatever your hard disk + partition # is, to install GRUB to a
partition.
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

In #6 use setup (hd0) to put GRUB on MBR if you have only 1 hard disk.

[coldfusion1313]

thanks it help a lot