Tuesday, May 10, 2011  Linux to the rescue  Yesterday, I wrote
that Windows killed my laptop. A few updates, and my laptop
wouldn't boot anymore - not to Windows, not to Linux, nothing.
Fortunately, I have a USB flash drive with Fedora 15 beta, so I
was able to boot from that and get back to work.  A few of you
suggested that one of the Windows updates had messed up the boot
sector. I thought that sounded a likely culprit. A little
googling, and I quickly found several suggestions to restore the
Linux "GRUB" boot selector.  So, now my laptop boots again!
That's Linux to the rescue.     1. There's an article floating
around on the Interwebz about how "Windows 7 has declared war on
GRUB" (or something like that). It details problems similar to,
and in some instances even worse than, yours.     a Linux Mint
user since 2009 May 1    2. Here's the link:      Windows 7
Declares War on GRUB, posted 6 May, 2011 by ZDNet UK.      You
are not alone.    3. Good to hear it's working again. I was
going to suggest MSWin s