"BAD idea" warning when trying to recover Grub, after Windows removed it
- by Shazzner
Tried sudo grub-install on sda1 but it complained about being a BAD IDEA.
I had to install windows for a work related issue so I used a separate disk (I had used it for ubuntu on this computer, but bought a bigger disk so installed ubuntu on that and left the old one in in case I needed an old file). Windows installed fine but overwrote Grub. So…