Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

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Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

Posted 21 July 2015 - 11:53 AM

Hey guys !
I have a little question ... I heard that Microsoft is a little bit .. well ... a b*tch and doesnt let other OSes being installed first but Windows have to be installed first because of the boot manager so you can have a Dual Boot with other Operating System ... well what about that ? Is it true ? How can I install Windows while I have Mint installed ?

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Re: Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

Posted 21 July 2015 - 11:59 AM

You would need to update the GRUB after installing win7 on a partition using a live CD.

Examples:
https://askubuntu.co...lling-windows-7
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Re: Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

Posted 21 July 2015 - 11:59 AM

Windows will overwrite the MBR & points to the installation allowing Windows booting to be maintained by boot.ini & is post OS.
Linux allows for a boot manager such as Grub or LILO to be installed at the MBR & point to OSes anywhere.
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Re: Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

Posted 21 July 2015 - 01:23 PM

View Postmodi123_1, on 21 July 2015 - 11:59 AM, said:

You would need to update the GRUB after installing win7 on a partition using a live CD.

Examples:
https://askubuntu.co...lling-windows-7


Thank you ... very informing ... I think this grub-reinstalling will be such a mess ... my gosh ...
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Re: Mint 17 => Dual Boot with Windows 10 (Mint installed first)

Posted 21 July 2015 - 01:24 PM

It's really not. Bootloader is over written.. you are just reinstalling it.
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