@Scottm99 I have not tried installing it via virtual machine, I had some problems in the past with usb devices and VM (specifically a usb wireless card for packet injection) so I've been trying to...

I'm having a strange problem plaguing my installs. I think it may be a hardware conflict but I thought I would ask to see if anyone knows what the problem is and if there is possibly a solution. ...

I had the exact same setup (except I ran Kubuntu 11.10) on a laptop. Had no issues with Grub, it should work just fine for you. I had BTR1, Kubuntu 11.10, Win7x64. All worked great.