bootloader

[Liam Proven]

On 7 August 2014 17:13, Norman Silverstone <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> Thank you Liam. I have have read these amongst others and it does seem as
> this the way to do it. However, where I am confused is how and when to
> remove the live-dvd. I have done a dummy run and am surprised that using
> sudo did not require a password so I suppose boot-repair is not actually
> added to my hard drive. Am I missing something somewhere or just elderly and
> confused?

There's no password on the Live media. That's why it doesn't ask.

Here is what you do:

[1] Back up anything important
[2] Insert Windows disc, boot from it
[3] Reinstall Windows
[4] PC will now only boot into Windows -- no Ubuntu menu any more
[5] Update Windows, get it all working, *then*
[6] Insert Ubuntu disk, boot from it
[7] Follow the steps on that page
[8] Reboot

Now your boot menu should be back in place and you can choose which OS to run.

I recommend updating Windows *before* you restore the bootloader, as
it is possible (but not very likely) that some Windows updates might
remove it again.



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