On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Jordan Uggla wrote:
>
> > What should one backup on a GPT disk before installing GRUB?
>
> Generally nothing. grub-install won't touch the partition table,

It does overwrite the MBR on an MBR disk. Do you mean it won't touch
the first sector of a GPT disk? Then how does GRUB steps ahead of the
Windows 8 bootmgr?

> What is your end goal?

I want to know how to restore a GPT disk to its original state after
removing GRUB. Is it possible to do it from a live Linux session, or
does one have to use a Windows 8 recovery drive?

Ariszló
http://ariszlo.wordpress.com

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