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    Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

    After a couple of days installing and tweaking everything from scratch. I finally have things running the way I like them again.
    Except...my kids are coming this weekend and they are gamers so there's no way round it, I will have to put Windows back on here.
    I partitioned my HDD into four and read somewhere that Windows likes to be on the first partition. So I put Kubuntu on the second, the last is swap and I want to keep the third as a deposit.
    My question is this;

    Will I lose Grub if I install Windows now?

    I have had Grub problems before and had to fresh install. But if I can avoid it, I do not want to spend days DLing packages all over again.
    If Grub may become an issue by installing Windows on partition 1, is there a way I can get round this?
    Thanks
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    Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

    The definitive dual-booting guide: Linux, Vista and XP step-by-step

    Considered one of the best (if not the best) quide on the subject. I (as well as others here) have used it. Follow the instructions completely. It isn't a hard guide to use.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

      It really does seem like a comprehensive and easy to follow tutorial but I could not get passed the first step. (It is written for Ubuntu 8.04).
      I tried every which way of writing and even copied and pasted the command from the site but Terminal throws back an error

      ian@PC-IAN:~$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
      sudo: gedit: command not found

      The sudo text above is copied and pasted from the site.
      Any ideas?
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        Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

        'gedit' is a Ubuntu program (Gnome). You have to start one of your editors 'as root' to edit the designated file.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

          I think I got it.
          1. Open Kate
          2. Navigate to root/boot/grub/
          3. Click on the 'menu.lst' file in there and 'save as'

          Right?
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            Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

            Sorry, no.

            Press Alt+F2 and enter the command kdesudo kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

            This will start your editor with root privileges so you can save the menu.lst file after editing.

            Alternatively start Kate by pressing Alt+F2 and entering kdesudo kate

            Then you can navigate (in Kate!) to /boot/grub/, load menu.lst, edit it and save it.

            The key here is the kdesudo bit.
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              Re: Will I lose Grub by installing Windows?

              -- How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
              http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
              An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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