ASCHYIEL
January 17th, 2010, 01:19 AM
Hi,
My Question :
Why does Windows (7) [over-]write the MBR [pseudo-randomly]? And what settings can I change to prevent that?
Background :
I used to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows-7 on my gaming-laptop, but periodically I run into GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again welcome screens.
Using google, I can find lots of how-to guides on restoring GRUB, but no obvious ones on how to avoid messing up GRUB in the first place.
Whats interesting to note; I have another work-laptop that dual-boots Windows XP and Ubuntu just fine (for the past year) and have never run into any GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again situations.
My Hypothesis :
I have a hunch that Windows 7 writes to the MBR for enabling Restore-Points.
Thanks in advance,
-Aschyiel
My Question :
Why does Windows (7) [over-]write the MBR [pseudo-randomly]? And what settings can I change to prevent that?
Background :
I used to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows-7 on my gaming-laptop, but periodically I run into GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again welcome screens.
Using google, I can find lots of how-to guides on restoring GRUB, but no obvious ones on how to avoid messing up GRUB in the first place.
Whats interesting to note; I have another work-laptop that dual-boots Windows XP and Ubuntu just fine (for the past year) and have never run into any GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again situations.
My Hypothesis :
I have a hunch that Windows 7 writes to the MBR for enabling Restore-Points.
Thanks in advance,
-Aschyiel