Installing Ubuntu 10.04 to external HDD overwrites the MBR of the internal HDD

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Published on 2012-03-25T09:46:51Z Indexed on 2012/03/25 23:41 UTC
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I have a Asus A42F laptop which has Windows 7 32 bit installed on it's internal HDD.

I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a portable HDD using the laptop. Now my laptop does not boot Windows 7 if the portable HDD is disconnected. I can only get the boot menu when the portable HDD is connected.

The portable HDD does not boot when connected to another computer.

Please help me, I want to:

  • Boot Windows from the internal drive, without GRUB
  • Boot Ubuntu from the external drive via the BIOS boot menu (F8 or F12)

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