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I have problems with my current Ubuntu installation, and am about to reinstall. My current configuration is as below:

Partitions

Since I'm not sure where the problem lies, I am going to format both Ubuntu partitions with the same configuration (sda4 mounted as / and sda5 mounted as /home) which is easy enough.

My question is, for 'Device for boot loader installation' am I correct in selecting /dev/sda? I assume that this is the current boot loader location and that grub will then read sda1 for W10 loader?

Note that I am not using UEFI.

I don't want to mess up my W10 loader or any other W10 partitions.

Thanks

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  • Yes, you're correct about the device for bootloader and you can reuse the partitions. Just select "something else..." during the installation and proceed accordingly.
    – user589808
    Dec 30, 2016 at 18:24
  • You do have to be careful as grub only boots working Windows. And hibernated or needing chkdsk is not working. So best to have a Windows repair/recovery disk with repair console, or know how to temporarily install a Windows type boot loader syslinux or lilo to MBR to directly boot Windows to get into internal repair console. Windows 8 or 10's always on hibernation or fast start up may get turned back on with updates or anytime you have corruption, you may need chkdsk.
    – oldfred
    Dec 30, 2016 at 19:12
  • Please don't post pictures of text. Copy-paste the text and add four spaces at the start of each line for preformatted text. Click the "edit" button underneath your post if you want to change it now.
    – wjandrea
    Dec 30, 2016 at 19:59

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Yes, /dev/sda is correct. Grub will handle passing control to the Windows bootloader. I have seen extra windows partitions, but never a specific windows bootloader partition except in UEFI EFI partitions. I may have just not noticed since I don't use the Windows partition much.

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