I have dual booted with XP before, but this is my first attempt to dual boot with a pre-installed version of vista, on a recent Dell laptop, and the partitions are different. I seem to have:
/dev/sda1 125.5 MB
/dev/sda2 10.0 GB - corresponding to the D: drive, containing the factory restore files
/dev/sda3 138.9 GB - corresponding to the C: drive, and labelled by the ubuntu disk partitioner as Windows Vista (loader)
The modern Dell factory restore system does not provide the option to create a set of restore CDs. Instead, a special boot option invokes the restore system residing on the first partition, and uses the files stored on the second partition to restore vista to its original condition, on the third partition.
This is completely new to me, and leaves me wondering where is the correct place to install grub, (or easyBCD) to provide me with a dual boot menu on start-up?
A suggestion was made on the Ubuntu forums that easyBCD might be the answer. However, knowing nothing about how it works, I am just looking for
reassurance that installing easyBCD will not disable the dell restore routine on the first partition
Many thanks in anticipation.
Alan
/dev/sda1 125.5 MB
/dev/sda2 10.0 GB - corresponding to the D: drive, containing the factory restore files
/dev/sda3 138.9 GB - corresponding to the C: drive, and labelled by the ubuntu disk partitioner as Windows Vista (loader)
The modern Dell factory restore system does not provide the option to create a set of restore CDs. Instead, a special boot option invokes the restore system residing on the first partition, and uses the files stored on the second partition to restore vista to its original condition, on the third partition.
This is completely new to me, and leaves me wondering where is the correct place to install grub, (or easyBCD) to provide me with a dual boot menu on start-up?
A suggestion was made on the Ubuntu forums that easyBCD might be the answer. However, knowing nothing about how it works, I am just looking for
reassurance that installing easyBCD will not disable the dell restore routine on the first partition
Many thanks in anticipation.
Alan