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ericthered8
December 16th, 2009, 01:46 AM
Hello all,
I would like to install Ubuntu koala on an empty partition, with the other partition housing Windows 7, but I would like to keep windows boot manager intact and be able to choose which OS to boot at startup.
I have tried to install Ubuntu in the past, and it made my other partition with Windows 7 unbootable and I was forced to format.
The problem is I have no cd/dvd drive to repair Windows 7 if Ubuntu does cause it to be unbootable and so I would like to avoid this.
Any suggestions? Thanks
recluce
December 16th, 2009, 03:21 AM
Hello all,
I would like to install Ubuntu koala on an empty partition, with the other partition housing Windows 7, but I would like to keep windows boot manager intact and be able to choose which OS to boot at startup.
I have tried to install Ubuntu in the past, and it made my other partition with Windows 7 unbootable and I was forced to format.
The problem is I have no cd/dvd drive to repair Windows 7 if Ubuntu does cause it to be unbootable and so I would like to avoid this.
Any suggestions? Thanks
It may not sound helpful, but you really should get a CD drive - just in case, so that you can start rescue media.
Other than that, you will get GRUB as your bootmanager, which will allow both Ubuntu and Windows to boot. Personally, I would be tempted to install Ubuntu 9.04 in your situation, since GRUB 2 (with 9.10) seems to cause much more problems than the old GRUB. Or, to be brutally honest: I would avoid any installation until getting that CD drive...
ericthered8
December 16th, 2009, 10:59 AM
Thanks for your reply
I guess I have no issue using grub as a boot manager if indeed Windows 7 will boot
I just dont want to have to repair Win 7 after installing Ubuntu because I will be stuck
is this possible? also what happens if grub does not give the option to boot windows and boots into ubuntu automatically?
cholericfun
December 16th, 2009, 11:08 AM
dunno bout grub2 but legacy grub should have no problem letting you boot into windows.
find out how you can get to a windows recovery session and what to do there to restore the MBR. you prob. have a small partition with some sort of windowsrecovery on it?
alternativly check your friends to see if anyone has a usb-cddrive
or normal cd-drive
llawwehttam
December 16th, 2009, 11:25 AM
try gag as your bootloader. Ive never had problems with it .
http://gag.sourceforge.net/
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