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| 08 Feb 2011 | #1 |
| | Any way to keep GRUB boot loader from over taking windows? Hello! I was wondering if there is any way to keep GRUB boot loader from over taking windows boot loader. Now I know about using the windows CD after install. But, I have a pre-installed version of windows and last time I wanted to take Ubuntu off I had to use recovery discs to restore the boot-loader. Is there any way to keep windows boot loader after installing ubuntu with out having a windows install disc ? |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #2 |
| | Install Ubuntu using Wubi and you won't have issues with the boot loader. It will continue to use the Windows bootloader. |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #3 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by pparks1  Install Ubuntu using Wubi and you won't have issues with the boot loader. It will continue to use the Windows bootloader. See the thing I don't like about wubi is its 30gig set limit is there any way of getting more hard drive space using it ? That's initially why I want to do a real install of Ubuntu. I mean its no big deal to use recovery discs to remove Ubuntu and its Grub boot loader. I was just simply asking if there is a way to recover the boot loader with out having a Windows 7 Install CD for those people with Pre-Installed Windows. |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #4 |
| | You can use a program like EasyBCD (Download EasyBCD 2.0.2 - NeoSmart Technologies) to go ahead and remove the Grub Bootloader and restore the Vista/7 Bootloader. |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #5 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Darician You can use a program like EasyBCD (Download EasyBCD 2.0.2 - NeoSmart Technologies) to go ahead and remove the Grub Bootloader and restore the Vista/7 Bootloader. |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #6 |
| | Yep |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #7 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball Yep |
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| 08 Feb 2011 | #8 |
| | Usually, I will have either a free partition already set or a free hard drive to install Ubuntu on then I will let Ubuntu handle it as Windows does not natively know how to format a partition for Ubuntu. |
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| 09 Feb 2011 | #9 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Darician Usually, I will have either a free partition already set or a free hard drive to install Ubuntu on then I will let Ubuntu handle it as Windows does not natively know how to format a partition for Ubuntu.  Creating a free partition can be done using Gpart from the live cd - but it's arguably easier to create empty/unallocated space for a new partition using Windows Disk Management that Ubuntu can then find and format for it's own ext4 file-system during installation. |
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| 09 Feb 2011 | #10 |
| | You can also use our VBoot to boot Ubuntu from a vhd file, similar to Windows 7 VHD native boot. Pre-installed Ubuntu VHDs are available for downloading here: Download vhd is dynamic with capacity of 100G |
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