Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Sep 2006 15:08 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
"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. Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can't intelligently interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite common in the install routine for other OSes."
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2005-07-06
Well, it gave me that option. I installed it on a Windows machine here at the house and it asked me if I wanted to overwrite the MBR. And I did the install off the live CD by clicking on the install icon on the Ubuntu desktop.