I previously asked about the boot utility RE Find, but I ended up not needing to use it. On my Asus Netbook Grub worked flawlessly (unlike the previous nightmare I had on my Lenovo laptop). I've not just finished setting up a dual boot on a friend's computer with Kubuntu 13.10/64 and Windows 7 Professional. Grub worked perfectly and you can now easily choose which OS you want to use when booting up. But …..
All is not perfect. I did not do the install of Windows 7. It's an install done by someone else when upgrading from Vista. I had scanned it with Malwarebytes and had found some maleware, which I killed off. A subsequent scan with the Kaspersky rescue CD found no more malware. However, the OS is showing some problems. I created a standard account for this person's son to use (so that he cannot install programs), but it's buggy. When you open that account, you have to put up with some popups saying such and such exe file is missing or that DLL file is not to be found. I'm scanning the PC again with Malwarebytes as I write this, and it's already found some malware again, though I don't know how serious it is at this point.
In short, this thing could stand to have Windows 7 reinstalled. However, I've already spent a bunch of time setting up Kubuntu exactly how she wants it. It would be really nice if I could leave Kubuntu as is and reinstall Windows 7. Is that one of the good uses of RE Find? Can you reinstall a Windows OS, leaving Kubuntu in tact, and then set up the dual boot menu afterwards?
It would be a huge time saver if I could only reinstall Windows and then not have to start from scratch with Kubuntu.
All is not perfect. I did not do the install of Windows 7. It's an install done by someone else when upgrading from Vista. I had scanned it with Malwarebytes and had found some maleware, which I killed off. A subsequent scan with the Kaspersky rescue CD found no more malware. However, the OS is showing some problems. I created a standard account for this person's son to use (so that he cannot install programs), but it's buggy. When you open that account, you have to put up with some popups saying such and such exe file is missing or that DLL file is not to be found. I'm scanning the PC again with Malwarebytes as I write this, and it's already found some malware again, though I don't know how serious it is at this point.
In short, this thing could stand to have Windows 7 reinstalled. However, I've already spent a bunch of time setting up Kubuntu exactly how she wants it. It would be really nice if I could leave Kubuntu as is and reinstall Windows 7. Is that one of the good uses of RE Find? Can you reinstall a Windows OS, leaving Kubuntu in tact, and then set up the dual boot menu afterwards?
It would be a huge time saver if I could only reinstall Windows and then not have to start from scratch with Kubuntu.
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