chriskmee

This is one option i thought about, but HP decided to make a special deal with microsoft and not offer install cd's. the repair cd has one option; reformat everything, delete everything, and start over. not exactly what i would hope for in a repair cd. And although i downloaded the real install cd only with the repair section from a website, i don't exactly know if it is legit. I can boot from it and it looks legit, but even though its not my install cd, will it still repair my mbr?( the guide said to open cmd and type "bootrec/fixboot" and "bootrec/fixmbr")

I was also thinking of just using grub, then using easybcd to rewrite the vista bootloader if i want to. although i haven't found any users reviews confirming this works.

and other thing i heard, someone somewhere said that vista needs vista bootloader to hibernate? they said if you duelboot with grub you will loose hibernation. That is why i was thinking about getting vista bootloader to recognize Ubuntu. I want to use hibernate because i take my laptop to school, a full reboot takes about 5 minutes compared to 20 seconds with hibernation.



and although i have used the live cd (that is how i plan to install it as well) you dont get the full thing, only a "demo". you can do most tings the normal system can do, but you cant use anything that required reboot. a reboot deletes everything you did, installed drivers, settings, programs..etc. part of the whole "use the live CD and don't harm your computer" thing


i appreciate the help you have given so far