Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??) Don Myers wrote: I started with Ubuntu with version 8.10, and have had each version since then. I generally find it easiest to do a clean install. One advantage of that is every 6 months I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: People keep telling me to use a different /home partition, but I never do. When you do your next upgrade, get another drive for /home and use the original for everything else. Then copy your entire /home directory to the new drive. When you install the next

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Tom Davies
- Original Message - From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Sent: Monday, 7 October 2013, 15:37 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??) Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: People keep

[libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Urmas
Tom Davies: Whenever you install Windows or upgrade, such as from Xp to Win7 the Windows installer kindly 'fixes' the MBR to point at the Windows boot-loader (NTldr). Windows backs up the existing boot sector and adds it to the boot menu via boot.ini or BCD entry. -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 10/06/2013 09:32 AM, Urmas wrote: Tom Davies: Whenever you install Windows or upgrade, such as from Xp to Win7 the Windows installer kindly 'fixes' the MBR to point at the Windows boot-loader (NTldr). Windows backs up the existing boot sector and adds it to the boot menu via boot.ini or

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: It was really nice of Windows to stop allowing me to boot into Ubuntu after I upgraded from Vista to Win7. I had to use a boot fixer disc to give me back my Ubuntu. At least that laptop is the one I use only once in a while, since I have a small drive in it,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 10/06/2013 11:06 AM, James Knott wrote: Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: It was really nice of Windows to stop allowing me to boot into Ubuntu after I upgraded from Vista to Win7. I had to use a boot fixer disc to give me back my Ubuntu. At least that laptop is the one I use only once in a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Don Myers
I started with Ubuntu with version 8.10, and have had each version since then. I generally find it easiest to do a clean install. One advantage of that is every 6 months I have a complete backup of my hard drive. The second advantage is it is very easy to do. Each program has its own hidden

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Don Myers wrote: I started with Ubuntu with version 8.10, and have had each version since then. I generally find it easiest to do a clean install. One advantage of that is every 6 months I have a complete backup of my hard drive. The second advantage is it is very easy to do. Each program has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Tom Davies
  Tom :)   - Original Message - From: James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com To: LibreOffice users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2013, 18:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: boot-loaders, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??) Don Myers wrote: I started