want to dual boot with windows

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tender

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i have linux installed yet i want to dual boot with windows xp along how must i do it? this means that i have grub installed in mbr already.

any ideas how?
 
well, your supposed to install the windows OS first.

So, you have two options. Go install Windows, then re-install linux, or go ahead and install windows. From there, you then have to download a grub recovery disk, and then re install grub with that.

This is because when installing windows, it overwrites the mbr, so any linux OS has to be installed first.
 
when reinstalling grub using the grub recovery disk, will two options to boot appear after the installation?
 
it might, or you might just have your linux options listed. if that's the case, in a terminal type in

sudo update-grub


that will search your HDD for any installed OS, and add it to the list of options to boot from. After that, reboot and both options should be there in the main menu.

For instance, when i run it in a terminal, i get this:

sudo update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: linuxmint.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Microsoft Windows XP Professional on /dev/sda1
Found BackTrack 4 R2 (4 R2) on /dev/sda3
Found Ubuntu 10.10 (10.10) on /dev/sda6
done

I have several OS'es :P
 
The same command should work in grub...
Did you actually try it? What does it say when you type it in?

If you want to update grub to grub2 then go for it.
What linux OS are you using right now?
 
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NyxCharon said:
The same command should work in grub...
Did you actually try it? What does it say when you type it in?

If you want to update grub to grub2 then go for it.
What linux OS are you using right now?
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didn't try it i'm skeptic. i know its outdated but i'm still using fedora 11.
i'm gonna try it this afternoon. i'll just have to transfer all my files to my brother's computer and partition my 40gb drive :D
 
Alright, let me know how it works out. Don't really understand what there is to be skeptical about, it's how it works. Everytime you install a new OS you have to update grub like that.
 
Glad to hear that it worked. Define slower. What's slower? Is the OS slower overall,acting sluggish, or is it slower on startup? Or maybe slow booting up?
 
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