To deal with the problem of Windows installation wiping out your bootloader, see http://linux.techteam.gr/docs/mandrake/10/starter/troubleshooting-filesystem.html It says how you can reinstall grub or, alternatively, how you can save a copy of the boot sector and later restore it. Steven Yellin On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, kumar gaurav wrote: > There is a problem in this case when my Windows get corrupt and I install a > fresh version of Windows then bootloader disapperas.What should I do to > overcome this problem? > > On 11/6/05, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 07:29:01PM +0530, kumar gaurav wrote: > > > What is best? > > > > > > 1.First to load Windows and then Linux and keep the boot loader in > > Windows > > > Partition > > > 2.First to load Windows and then Linux and keep the boot loader in Linux > > > Partition > > > 3.First to load Linux and then Windows(In this case there is problem > > that > > > Windows want C: drive formatted in Fat or NTFS > > There is a slight misunderstanding revealed in your message. The boot > > loader should always be put in block 0 of the disk which is not in > > any partition. Understanding that the best thing is procedure 1. > > ------------------------------------------- > > Aaron Konstam > > Computer Science > > Trinity University > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
