On Wednesday 12 July 2006 10:41, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 09:08, Basil Chupin wrote:
You need to start your computer using a Windows Me, or similar, system boot floppy with fdisk on it. Then issue the command: fdisk /mbr to overwrite the existing master boot record (mbr) with a new, clean one.
You can also use the WinXP CD: - boot to recovery console - run: fixmbr
Depending on the type of drive, you may also need to ensure that the Windows partition is toggled to bootable - fdisk will show you the partition status.
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Or boor on the recovery CD, ands issue dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count 1024 (The 1024 is overkill but it effectively clears any bootloadera or anything else in the bootblocks for that matter Just make sure that 1. The bootsectors are cleared 2. The Bios says boot from CD prior to harddrive 3. If there is a floppydrive on it, that it doesnt boot from that before the CD and contains a nonbootable disk... I know this is "kindergarten stuff", but even after 25 years in the game i still miss those three from time to time. Especially if i am tired... Is the XP disk really bootable? Test it in another machine to see if it isnt damaged. I once battled with a system that refused to boot. It kind of started but hung everytime. It boiled down to a bad XP-CD. A test boot on a windows box screamed BAD CD all over the place.. Also just in case.. Boot from any bootable CD to verify that the CD-drive is operational and not the culprit. But i guess as you have allready used it for installing Linux it should be ok... -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j@rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >