Replacing A HDD in a Dual Drive System

[Eberhard Roloff]

Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> I am running an Ubuntu XP dual drive system.  When the system boots it 
> comes up to the system choices.  The Ubuntu options are listed first 
> (8.04)  Then the "Other System".  In this case it is the XP Home 
> Edition, which is on a separate drive.  I would like to replace the  XP 
> drive and do a clean install of XP on the new drive.  From what I can 
> see of the  boot sequence I should be able to remove the old XP drive 
> and replace it with a new drive.  I should  then be able to start the 
> system and go to the new disk and install the new XP program on the new 
> disk.  Is this correct or possible?

Both, BUT with a BIG BUT:

If you install windows on your existing system, it will recklessly 
overwrite your Linux bootmanager, i.e. grub, as far as grub resides in 
the bootloader of your bootdisk. Otherwise it will nevertheless take 
care that windows and just windows will boot after the XP installation.

So you might save your grub grub bootloader before installing windows. 
Thus it will be easier to restore, after it has been overwritten.

Eberhard