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Idea #12076: Super Grub like utility for dual boot users,rescue grub automatically

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1242: Restoring the bootloader by Ubuntu installation CD.
Written by dragoninsane the 10 Aug 08 at 10:50. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Super Grub like utility for dual boot users
Add something like Supergrub disk which can easily recover grub if deleted accidentally or make a software which can restore grub with gui to handle easy/complex grub install.Often in dual boot scenario windows messes the grub so that only one os stays,I want ubuntu to realize that ubuntu should support dual boot also users to recover from such nasty situations where MBR overwrites the Grub.It can be Boon for dual booters.

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Written by dragoninsane the 10 Aug 08 at 10:50.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12076 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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gabtrat wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 15:43
As a new Ubuntu user I messed up Grub by installing Windows after Ubuntu on my dual-booting pc.

I was appalled that the Ubuntu CD did not recover the Grub menu. +1

glotz wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 15:58
You should be appalled by the fact that windoze overwrites the MBR...

Maybe Ubuntu oughta answer in kind and not include windoze in grub...

johnfarrow wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 16:35
What is the corrective action when you can no longer log in to XP after you install Heron to dual boot.?

frup wrote on the 11 Aug 08 at 00:49
This has to be one of the most duplicated ideas on Brainstorm, why not check before posting new ideas.


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