I'm not sure about XP, but with NT, doing a "fdisk /mbr" from windows will rewrite you Master Boot Record. You should be able to do a normal windows boot after that.
dave -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Bowman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uug] Fixing windows booting... I know this isn't exactly a linux topic, but the problem is this... I was dual booting windows XP and Linux. I plan to purchase an additional harddrive that I am going to put linux on, so I removed it until then. However, I also removed the boot partition, so my computer doesn't boot unless I boot off a grub floppy which I can then use to chainload the windows bootloader. I would like to fix the Windows bootloader until I get the new hard drive, whereupon I'll reinstall linux and grub and all will be well. Does anyone know how to make the XP bootloader run by default so I don't have to use the floppy? Thanks Ryan 'You will find it is YOU who are mistaken, about a great many things...' - Emperor Palpatine 'Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.' - Lord Darth Vader _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
