Re: replacing boot and only disk drive
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 03:03:53PM -0500, Doug wrote:
> On 11/22/2014 11:38 PM, Joel Roth wrote:
> >Grub can boot Windows just fine.
> Yes, grub can boot Windows _just fine_ if Windows is bootable. Windows wants
> to be "activated" and I found that GParted's activation does not suffice.That's
> why I mentioned obtaining a program to activate Windows. If you only have
> one computer, you should get that before you mess around.
I think that goes with OS installation. I was thinking
the narrower issue of booting. I was able to shink a factory
windows 7 partition and boot it with grub/lilo without
affecting any activation codes.
> (I don't pretend to know why this happens, only that it does. That's why there
> are programs available to take care of that problem.)
I speculate that windows startup code looks for changes in
partition parameters recorded during the install.
> --doug
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