Reinstalling Windows on dual boot disk

[R.L. Reingard]

Thank you August, i read the thread and i keep that mail for future  
purpose, as i also run a dual-boot with windows. René

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> Am 12.09.2005, 16:52 Uhr, schrieb August Karlstrom  
> <fusionfive at comhem.se>:

> Peter Lieverdink wrote:
>> August Karlstrom wrote:
>>> My hard drive is split in two (equal size) partitions with Windows XP  
>>> on
>>> the first and Ubuntu Hoare on the second. Now I need to reinstall
>>> Windows but I fear that the installation will overwrite the boot  
>>> loader.
>>> If that is the case, can I use the Ubuntu installation CD to repair the
>>> boot loader?
>>  Yes, simply choose 'rescue' at the Ubuntu CD boot prompt. Then choose
>> the right root partition when the list comes up, hit return, reinstall
>> the bootloader. (run update-grub or lilo).
>>  That should be all there is to it.
>
> No, actually it's "grub-install" that needs to be run (found out after  
> an hour of testing and searching). I first did "update-grub", but I'm  
> not sure if that step was necessary (is /boot/grub/menu.lst stored on  
> the first partition?). At the boot prompt I pressed F1 to check the  
> available boot options, but I couldn't find the rescue mode mentioned.
>
> The following steps were required:
>
> - Start the computer from the Ubuntu installation CD.
>
> - At the prompt, type "rescue" (excluding quotation marks).
>
> - When prompted for the root partition, choose "/dev/discs/disc0/part2".
>
> - At the shell prompt, type
>
>       grub-install /dev/hda
>
>    (Some file system warnings are displayed, but no errors are reported.)
>
> - Remove the installation CD and restart the computer (Ctrl-Alt-Delete).
>
>
> August
>