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stability and removing loader

post #1 of 3
10/21/05 at 9:33am
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I'm thinking about putting linux on my new notebook but I'm wondering if having a dual boot will indirectly affect the computer's stability somehow. One of my friends uses linux on his computers and they crash al lot, even though he knows computers really well.

Also, is there a way to remove the loader at the beginning if I decide to take linux off after installing it? A few years ago I installed redhat and then FreeBSD on my computer, and I couldn't get rid of the loader even when I removed them and just had windows.
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post #2 of 3
10/21/05 at 9:44am
yes. there is. you just have to load up in dos, or in a linux live cd and do a clean mbr. once that has been cleared you're all good. but then it depends where you install lilo or grub. you can also install it directly on the partition of your linux, and that will result in it going away when you destroy the partition.

the easiest fix by far is just REINSTALL WINDOWS. Wheen you install windows it takes over the MBR with its own boot loader.


Now for the question of stablity. there is absolutely no effect on stablity in windows when you install linux. Both OSes are not in any way connected therefore there would be nothing to influance stabilty. That said linux is more stable than windows awayway. Your friends probably had too many viruses/spyware and his linux wasn't configured correctly.
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post #3 of 3
10/28/05 at 10:23pm
Linux can be alot more stable on a notebook computer. I would recommend the linux distro that comes on a live cd named Kanotix. You can run it from thelive cd and make sure it works good and then install it. It has powernowd to throttle mobile processors. Without it in Linux the processor will run at full speed and can overheat. I have a dual boot set up on my notebook and almost always use Kanotix now. Have never had a single problem with it.


To get rid of the Linux bootloader, reloading windows is the last thing you need to do. All you have to do is boot into the recovery console using the windows installation cd. Then type fixboot at the recovery console command line. Next type fixmbr at the recovery console command line.
No need for a long reinstall when the windows boot manager can be restored in just a few minutes this way.
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