[Ilugc] Re: recovering linux after windows installation
- From: Nithyanandan_K@xxxxxxxxxxx (Nithyanandan Kandasamy)
- Date: Wed Mar 16 16:14:32 2005
ranjeeth nagarajan wrote:
whenever i reinstall windows in by dual boot system windows changes
the
master boot record
and i am not able to get the grub boot loader.
please tell me how to reinstall grub so tht i wouldn't have to
reinstall
linux
If you are facing this problem too often than not, try this...
Assumptions :--
You are having a dual OS { with LINUX one of them, and GRUB/LILO as
the boot loader } and any Windows OS as the other.
To Do :--
(1) Backup your MBR using the utilities like MBRWiz or MBRUtil from
your Windows/LINUX OS, while you're Dual OS booting is successful with
GRUB/LILO. Save the MBR you backed up to some safe location, where your
reinstallation will not affect it.
(2) Re-install your Windows OS. { Yea, it sure wipes out GRUB/LILO }
(3) Restore from the Backed-up MBR.
Atleast it works for me.
Nithya
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