[Cialug] help with reinstalling windows

[Dan Schlichting]

The easy way to do it is to start with Windows and then put linux on it.

Linux will then set the boot loader up properly.

Dan

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:37 AM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're gonna monkey around with dual boot I recommend you go download
> and burn a copy of Super Grub Disk (google it).  That disk has saved me a
> LOT of headaches in setting up/fixing dual boot.
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Ralph Kessel <ralphkessel75 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I've just purchased a new hard drive to reinstall my Windows Vista. I've
>> > just updated to Ubuntu 9.0 without any problems and like it very well.
>> My
>> > question is how to reinstall windows without destroying my Ubuntu boot
>> > connection? Do I just use the boot facitlity of my BIOS?  I'm just
>> trying to
>> > verify that I don't muck my system up again.  I differ to your
>> experience.
>>
>> If you just wnt to use Windows for a few programs like quicken, MS
>> office or some business-type application then you may want to consider
>> virtualization. Install VirtualBox and then follow the instructions to
>> install Windows Vista in Virtual Box. You can then run Windows and
>> Ubuntu at the same time. This won't work if you are hoping to use 3d
>> applications like games.
>>
>> A picture may explain the end-result a little better:
>> http://code.bearfruit.org/~matt/tmp/moviemaker.png<http://code.bearfruit.org/%7Ematt/tmp/moviemaker.png>
>>
>> Get VirtualBox for free from http://www.virtualbox.org
>>
>> --
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