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grub2 package

problem of installing on computer with sata 2 harddisk. it corrupted the win 7 and mbr of hard disk

Asked by Ghazanfar Ali

I yesterday tried to install kubuntu on a laptop with win 7 . wube.exe unable to write boot file. then i tried to install it as dual boot. it asked for partition. when done it corrupted the rest of the hard disk. destroying master boot record. i was unable to log in to win7. i took it to service shop. there it was formatted by connecting to a usb port.
     I was trying to make my friends comfortable by persuading them to use this version but it seems their was some problems.So please let me know what was it.

   Laptop::: HP G62
               hard disk sata 2.

              kubuntu 10.04;

         thanks :

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

As Seven doesn't manage multi boot, Ubuntu has to install a multi boot loader. And one piece of this one (called Grub2) is written in MBR of active disk. The only way to avoid this is to install Ubuntu on its own disk, and set this disk first in boot order (or else to install Grub2 on a removable media, such USB stick or floppy disk).
I hope Seven was not reinstalled. Seven repair disk allows to restore MBR (command bootrec /fixmbr).

A common issue is Ubuntu installer failing to correctly manage multi boot with Seven during installation. In this case, usually solution is to reinstall Grub2 from Ubuntu CD:
   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20LiveCD

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Ghazanfar Ali (cyberhornet007) said : 		#2

Thanks delance, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

Superb :)) Nicely fixed, congrats and regards from
Tom :)

PS yes, delance is a star.