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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Re Installing windows XP after installing KUBUNTU Post 302323030 by sarbjit on Friday 5th of June 2009 07:17:06 AM
Old 06-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
No problem, in general. Just make sure you don't accidentally format your Linux partition(s) as Windows doesn't recognize them. And you'll definitely will have to reinstall Grub, as Windows installs it's own bootloader no matter what.

Thanks for your reply

Actually i am very new to Linux. So suppose i format my C: drive and install windows. Can you please tell me how to install grub from linux cd?

Thanks
Sarbjit
 

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GRUB(8) 								FSF								   GRUB(8)

NAME
grub - the grub shell SYNOPSIS
grub [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION
Enter the GRand Unified Bootloader command shell. --batch turn on batch mode for non-interactive use --boot-drive=DRIVE specify stage2 boot_drive [default=0x0] --config-file=FILE specify stage2 config_file [default=/boot/grub/menu.lst] --device-map=FILE use the device map file FILE --help display this message and exit --hold wait until a debugger will attach --install-partition=PAR specify stage2 install_partition [default=0x20000] --no-config-file do not use the config file --no-curses do not use curses --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive --no-pager do not use internal pager --preset-menu use the preset menu --probe-second-floppy probe the second floppy drive --read-only do not write anything to devices --verbose print verbose messages --version print version information and exit REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
update-grub(8), grub-install(8). The full documentation for grub is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package. If the info and grub programs are prop- erly installed at your site, the command info grub should give you access to the complete manual. grub (GNU GRUB 0.97) January 2013 GRUB(8)
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