I bet you could boot with you XP cd and go into the recovery console. To get the bootloader back you can use 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' You might only need one of those but I don't remember which one.
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:17:19PM -0600, Ryan Bowman wrote: > 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
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