Vista Plays Havoc On MBR
By Jeffrey | July 5, 2007
If you’re thinking of booting Linux and Vista at the same time - you two-timer you! - then you might want to read this write up on Vista’s not playing nice with the master boot record.
Just one more reason why I’m still happy with XP.
While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn’t cut much mustard with many of its users. Why settle for one OS when your PC is easily capable of running two or more?
One of the more questionable tactics that Microsoft has implemented in Vista is to automatically overwrite any existing MBR during the installation process without asking if you mind or giving you an option to back up.
Follow the link for the full situation.
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