Help with upgrading to pro or ult while duel booting

hi all, :)
i duel boot with kubuntu and win 7 both on there own disc
i want to upgrade windows 7 by using the upgrade disc, so do i need to uninstall kubuntu?, at the moment the grub2 is what i get when the pc boots up and gives me the choice of windows or kubuntu, do i uninstall kubuntu with the grub menu? so i can boot with windows 7 as normal? or can i keep kubuntu on the drive and just unplug it from the motherboard while i upgrade my windows ? then when windows is installed and up and running reconnect the kubuntu drive and repair the grub2 menu with using Super Grub2 Disk
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so i need advice on how to do this if anyone can help please i think i no but just need some guidance here as i have never done this yet

hi zigzag :)
kubuntu is on its own ssd drive so i was just thinking of unplugging it from the board i have never upgraded windows 7 before i guess its straight forward just worried about running into problems with boot manager

hi gegrocker i am thinking of upgrading my windows 7 home premium 64BIT with pro or ult by buying the upgrade disk:) not just buying the key and downloading the upgrade.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
You shouldn't have any problems -- W7 upgrade will alter the boot record so you won't see the Linux option but -----------

After upgrading Windows boot from your Linux Distro disk and just "Repair" grub -- you might need to check that the partitions haven't changed e.g /dev/sda3 etc.

Cheers
jimbo

thanks that's what i thought i have no need to uninstall the kubuntu just unplug the drive with it on and repair grub when windows is installed and up and running

well i spent most the evening sorting out my bootloaders on the pc! i tried to use easy bcd Download EasyBCD 2.0.2 - NeoSmart Technologies but it made matters worse and i lost the windows 7! could not boot into anything. i tried to boot from my external dvd/cd drive with my rescue discs but even setting the bios to use it first to boot it just would not boot.so i had to take the side panel off and plug a internal dvd/cd in to the motherboard and hey presto! it booted first time in to my windows recovery disc!
so i repaired the MBR and windows was fine i tried to fix the grub2 bootloader but no success i managed to use a linux rescue disc that found the kubuntu and booted ok but i could not repair the grub 2 within the op system so i unplugged all the drives and booted linux kubuntu live disk and reinstalled over the ssd which worked fine. i connected the drives up changed the bios and now i can boot into both drives myself without the grub2 splash screen!! thank god!!
so it will be easy now to upgrade windows 7 if i choose to i dont have to worry about messing about with the bootloaders so my advice is always install linux distros on separate drives while your others are unplugged from the motherboard.