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How to enable dual booting after the installation of windows??

Asked by shailesh

I have a laptop with windows installed.I also installed ubuntu 3 months back.But i am facing problem regarding booting of Ubuntu.It accurs when windows is reinstalled everytime.Then I have to installed ubuntu also again and everytime i have to install software through add/remove program or terminal on a slow wi-fi network.It consumes a lot of time.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

You can do one thing

when you reinstall windows MBR will be gone I think

so then at that scenario reinstall grub from live CD

Refer this link

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

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Deepak Mishra (dpux) said : 		#2

on windows reinstall, you need to reinstall grub too.this guide can help you :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

the later problem of reinstalling all softwares is better dealt with softwares like "remastersys".
you can also make local repositories for package-reuse and sharing with friends :
http://dpux-localrepo.blogspot.com/

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shailesh (shaileshagarwal1) said : 		#3

Yes Bhavani and Deepak,
it works fine.
I have changed vista to xp but it yet displays previous content of Grub loader.
How can i Update grub loader?
and one thing regarding software is that I have ubuntu 8.04 64 bit edition and my friend have 7.04 32 bit edition.Yet can i share with them.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Hi,
check this out
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/32bit_and_64bit
and for it might happen again when Win... overwrites the MBR another option is Super_Grub_Disk
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/index.php

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