[Eug-lug] mbr

2005-12-27 Thread Alan Crandall
I screwed up my Windows install and need help get them back. Does fdisk /mbr just over write the mbr so I can boot into Windows and Linux or just Windows or neither ? Thanks ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Eug-lug] mbr

2005-12-27 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:26:49AM -0800, Alan Crandall wrote: > I screwed up my Windows install and need help get them back. > Does fdisk /mbr just over write the mbr so I can boot into > Windows and Linux or just Windows or neither ? Thanks It overwrites the MBR with one that will attempt to bo

Re: [Eug-lug] mbr

2005-12-27 Thread Max Lemieux
Not quite sure what you're asking: Do you have a bootable Windows installation which you need to preserve data on? Do you have a bootable Linux installation on the same drive? but no bootloader? "fdisk /mbr" will almost certainly leave you with a non-bootable system; if you can boot into Linux