On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 13:23 -0500, Mike Holstein wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Douglas Pollard > <dougp...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi Folks, I have xp on my first drive and Ubuntu Studio on the > second. > I have a partially installed Kodak easy share program that crashes xp > and I have been told that I will have to reinstall xp. I can't remove > the Kodak program. As I remember Xp will wipe out Ubuntu if I > reinstall it. Is this correct ??
Reinstalling XP won't necessarily wipe out your Ubuntu install, but it will overwrite your boot loader (GRUB, I assume) so that your Ubuntu boot becomes inaccessible. If you have Ubuntu on a separate drive you can, as someone else pointed out, disconnect the Ubuntu drive while XP re-installs just to help your peace of mind. Fixing this is just a matter of re-installing GRUB with the proper stanzas in the config file pointing to your two different OSes. I find that a self-booting CD or USB-drive with Linux on it is a really handy resource for situations like this. -- Lindsay Haisley | "We have met the enemy, and it is us." FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | -- Pogo http://www.fmp.com | -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
