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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:18:56 +0100
"Martin Mielke"
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 can be run from the SuSE rescue system.
Will this __safely__ correct/delete the MBR so I can reinstall it using the boot CDROM? Please, keep in mind that the hard disks contain much information and I cannot afford myself it to be lost somehow... No guarantees, but this does not wipe out the partition table.
However, I think your problem might stem from something running in
Windows XP. Anti-Virus software monitors changes to the MBR. You need to
make sure that after you boot XP, you tell the A-V either not to monitor
the MBR or to record the changes so it does not try to fix the LILO/Grub
MBR.
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Jerry Feldman