* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tue, 13 Feb 2007 at 12:59 -0600] <quote> > Here is a start: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
Here's an educational interjection, as that link dives right into how without the why. Windows, being egotistical as it is, assumes itself to be the only OS that would ever be on your computer. So it puts a little program in the MBR (Master Boot Record) that simply passes control straight on to the windows boot loader, which then loads windows. At this point, if it was a reinstall on a dual boot system, all the linux stuff needed to run linux is still there, it just needs a program smart enough to choose between windows and linux in the MBR so you can get to either one. That's where grub and the link above come in. Hope that sheds some light on things. Von Fugal
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