On Sunday 05 August 2001 18:28, you wrote:
> I would think, and I really hope somebody corrects me if I'm wrong, but I
> am confident that you could install W2K, without touching HDB, and then
> reinstall linux without formatting anything and it should get you back and
> running without messing with any of your files. There is probably an
> easier way, like just running a fdisk /mbr under fat, but if you do not
> format any of your partitions, you should not have any problems this way,
> either.
>
> Quoting Robert MacLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have win98 of HDA and linux on HDB. I want to format my Fat32
> > partition and install Win2k on it. Will lilo still work or will WIn2k
> > kill it and if so, how can I restore Lilo?
> >
I have done this in the past with an existing installation of Mandrake on
the HD. My setup was a dual boot on one HD though. I never had any problems
with 2k overwriting LILO on the MBR.
