[nflug] Re: nflug Digest, Vol 29, Issue 8

[Andrew Long]

https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/ : a very nice win-compatible
version of grub bootloader. Installing it
will not overwrite your mbr. Read the docs for very easy config.

- Andrew

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:43:39 -0500
> From: Joe <josephj at main.nc.us>
> Subject: [nflug] Getting my old Windows MBR back on my dual boot
>         notebook
> To: nflug at nflug.org
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> I just read an article about installing Linux and grub without trashing
> the windows mbr (as I did when I installed over a year ago).
>
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/05/08/dual-boot-laptop.html?page=3
>
> When I did the install, something (I'm guessing it was in the MBR)
> killed my two fancy buttons for quick launch of DVD and Quicktime
> players.  These buttons no longer work even under XP (dual boot) and
> don't even show up as key presses under Linux (with xev).
>
> My computer comes with a restore partition, etc. and no software CD's
> (although I have some backup CD's I made somewhere).
>
> Is there any way to get the MBR and whatever else was destroyed back
> without doing a windows restore which will almost certainly wipe out all
> of Linux and all of my windows customizations and additional
> applications installs while putting back all sorts of junk I had to
> manually delete?
>
> TIA
>
> Joe