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Doubt on Partitioning hard disk !
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I have a 10 GB hard disk- 6.5 GB for windows and rest for linux. I have been getting a lot of errors (like getting a blue screen) on windows especially when I connect to the internet on windows. And recently I 've got a prob with windows registry. So I have decided to format the windows partition of 6.5 GB. I have already copied some imprtant files I would require to the linux partition so that after I format and install windows, I could copy the files back to the windows partition. My query is- Will there be any problem after I format the windows partition and reinstall windows because I have linux on the other partition? Will there be any problem with the GRUB loader? Bye Shaahul |
There prob'ly will be... Windows will take-over the MBR and point it to hda1. Before you do the re-install, be sure to make a bootdisk for Linux, and make sure it works. Then, after you re-install Windows, you can boot to Linux, and reset GRUB. As root, run...
grub ...That will give you a grub> prompt. Then... grub> root (hd0,1) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit That should reset GRUB. Hopefully, somebody else will post any corrections. |
If you are doing a clean install of windows, you may want to repartition the drive and split up the windows partition into: one partition for the windows itself. and another partition for your programs, mail, and data. It is fairly easy and makes for a more stable windows O.S.. You can keep your back-ups there and it makes reloading a breeze as you can export your settings and mail.
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Take a look at your /etc/fstab file. If it lists partitions like "LABEL=/", then you should be OK. If it lists them like /dev/hda2, then you might have trouble. If there is an extended partition (/dev/hda5), and your Linux partitions are logicals (/dev/hda6), then you should also be OK. |
Whoops! I assumed he knew that.
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