<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Pascal Klein wrote: <blockquote cite="mid200508281128.56451.4pascal@tpg.com.au" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:38 am, Drewcore wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">hi guys... i reinstalled windows on one of the partitions of my drive, and now i want to reconfigure grub so that i can still use both operating systems. however, my machine only boots into windows now, so i'm kinda freaked out. how can i solve this? drew -- dc .. drewcore.com </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> This is something that every linux user could do with knowing. Microsoft being as kind as they are assume that Windows will, and must be your only operating system. Therefore, it kills whatever is on the MBR - Master Boot Record, which basically tells where each partition is, and where on each partition, if it has, an operating system can booted. You've either just a) deleted Ubuntu off the drive by installing Windows (it would have overwritten it), or b) you've partition correctly, however Windows overwrote the MBR and thus you cannot boot Ubuntu. To fix this you will need to overwrite the Windows boot loader in the MBR and put GRUB back on. Try using the livecd, or the install cd just to install the boot loader (GRUB). There is a way to do it with the livecd in the command line, but it's been a while. Someone on the list will know. :-) Lesson however - always install Windows first if you want to dual boot. :-) </pre> </blockquote> Doesn't windows allow you to edit the MBR? If you're using Windows XP, try: - Right click on My Computer - Select "Properties" - Select the "Advanced" tab - Click on "Settings" in the "Startup and Recovery" frame - Click on "Edit" in the "System startup" tab You might then be able to add your ubuntu partition as an OS to boot from. I've not tried this myself, but this seems much nicer than having to install grub again. - Andy <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- --------------------------------------------------- Andrew Millar (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andy-mail@priorityonline.net">andy-mail@priorityonline.net</a>) GnuPG Key: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://new.sir-millar.com/0x227F976C.asc">http://new.sir-millar.com/0x227F976C.asc</a> --------------------------------------------------- </pre> </body> </html>