[Tfug] windows to Linux

[Charles R. Kiss]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:23:30 -0400, <tfug-request at tfug.org> wrote:

> The unidentified partition may be a "system restore" partition
> (for the Windows OS).

If it isn't too late to comment on this, I did install an Ubuntu OS onto a Lenovo laptop with a factory installed Windows Vista OS. Afterwards, he GRUB screen showed two "Windows Vista" operating systems, labeled identically, one on (hd0,0) and the other on (hd0,1); both (loader)s : one booted the Vista operating system; but the other booted a Windows Vista restore partition -which if booted, appears to lead one through a complete reversal of the installation process, or who knows what else.

I imagine the Windows OS prefers to believe that the new Ubuntu install is a mistake.

Anyway, I since edited the grub menu file with a hash mark in front of the title of the restore partition, thus making it invisible to the user.

Charles
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