Under XP the procedure is to boot into rescue mode and then use FIXMBR or if that causes problem FIXBOOT, which always fixed my boot problems.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restoring Windows MBR > At 11:38 PM 10/23/2003, you wrote: > >Remove dual boot > >Anthony in Annandale, N.J., had a laptop with Windows XP and Linux. He > >uninstalled Linux, but he still gets the option menu at boot. How can he get > >rid of the menu? > > > > > >You need to replace the master boot record. Boot your computer with your XP > >startup disk and go into rescue mode. You want to access the command line > >interface. At the prompt, type "FDISK /MBR" (without quotes). This will > >replace your master boot record. > > That does NOT work on XP (and possibly Win2K). It will only work on > Win95/98/ME. For XP, it's much more convoluted... > > This MS KB article, > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315679&Product=winxp, > says "WARNING: Do not use the fdisk /mbr command from the Windows Me/98 > Startup disk or the fixmbr command in the Windows XP Recovery Console. > These commands will destroy your drive overlay Master Boot Record > information..." > > You need to use the Recovery Console to access the tools to fix this. This > article, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058, explains how to get > there and has details on the commands available. > > Hall > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
