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falven
July 13th, 2010, 03:43 AM
Hi,
I need to reinstall my windows 7 partition, but I don't want to lose my ubuntu partition. Currently I just have both installed and grub is dealing with my booting options. Is there any way I can reinstall windows without messing up grub or my ubuntu partition?
Thanks,
-Falven
cj.surrusco
July 13th, 2010, 03:52 AM
If you reinstall Windows and make sure not to touch any Ubuntu partitions, then you will be able to reinstall the GRUB bootloader after the installation without affecting Ubuntu.
falven
July 13th, 2010, 04:17 AM
If you reinstall Windows and make sure not to touch any Ubuntu partitions, then you will be able to reinstall the GRUB boot loader after the installation without affecting Ubuntu.

Sounds good, how exactly do I go about reinstalling grub again? I raised that question about a month ago as a thread and nobody responded, this is why I am being skeptical...
Thank you for your response,
-Falven
cj.surrusco
July 13th, 2010, 05:33 AM
This (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275/) is a great thread as far as info about Grub 2. Refer to section number 13 for info on how to reinstall Grub.
falven
July 13th, 2010, 07:37 AM
This (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275/) is a great thread as far as info about Grub 2. Refer to section number 13 for info on how to reinstall Grub.

THANK YOU,
You have saved me a huge headache and I think ~ 20th time I reinstall in a month.
-Falven
cj.surrusco
July 13th, 2010, 01:43 PM
THANK YOU,
You have saved me a huge headache and I think ~ 20th time I reinstall in a month.
-Falven

No problem.

Grub can give you loads of headaches before you know how to use it.