Please Help!

[Bob Jonkman]

Depends on the installer.  I've successfully re-installed both WinXP 
and Vista on partitioned drives, and the installation hasn't touched 
the Linux partitions.  

Installing Windows does wipe out the GRUB boot sector, so re-
installing GRUB should restore your boot menu.

--Bob.


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On 31 Mar 2009 at 12:12 Brent <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote
about "Re: Please Help![...]"

>Of course your can try, but past painful experience has taught me that
>when Windows installs it wipes the drive. Note that during any Windows
>install there is no partition option given as is the case with a Linux
>install. It just blindly goes ahead and installs itself regardless of
>who you want it to play with. Brent
>
>Joel Goguen wrote:
>> Hold up, a full reinstall may not be necessary.  Try reinstalling
>> GRUB as already suggested, a reinstall isn't needed if that succeeds
>> and finds your Ubuntu installation.
>>
>> On 09-03-31 02:49 PM, Brent wrote:
>>   
>>> Typically, Windows takes over the entire hard drive when it
>>> installs so I believe you have lost your Ubuntu partition.
>>> Reinstall Ubuntu but say good bye to any data you may have had on
>>> that partition. Rinstallation will allow a new Linux partition and
>>> reloads grub for your , now. dual boot system.
>>>
>>> Brent
>>>
>>> Jentry Jibben wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Quick question. i am not ture if this is the right channel to go
>>>> through, but what ever.
>>>>
>>>> i have recently needed to reinstall windows on my computer. and
>>>> previously i had dual booting both ubuntu and windows. now my
>>>> loading screen is gone. and i cannot reach unbuntu!!!
>>>>
>>>> Is there a hot key that i press when the start up is loading???
>>>>
>>>> how do i get unbuntu back???
>>>>
>>>>
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