Natty Alpha 3

[bsfmig]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 23:12, <clintin at linuxmail.org> wrote:

> On the second install, it failed at the Grub install and charged quantity
> one destroyed Windows XP partition for trying.  Attempted a retry on the
> grub install without restarting, it did not see the Windows XP partition any
> more but did install grub successfully. This was all on test system and I
> have a copy of the Windows XP partition squirreled away someplace.
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Have you installed some huge commercial softwares that use the Macrovision
(vendor of InstallShield) FlexNet anti-piracy technology like Adobe CS3-5 or
newer AutoCADs in your XP? It's a shame that under such conditions Grub2
1.99 will ruin your first partition if it's formatted using NTFS.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/730225 - grub-install
trashes ntfs partition when sector 32 of the hard disk is occupied by Adobe
FlexNet <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/730225> for
details.

Workaround: boot up your PC with a Windows 7 installation CD and then
execute
chkdsk c: /f

Vista or XP CDs might be of no use due to restriction to theirs' chdksk
utility.
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