With Windows/XP, you can boot the 'recovery console' from the installation CD-ROM. There is an option for rewriting the MBR. It's very quick. I've done it before to wipe out LILO...

Chris Shaker

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ewan Leith" To: "Ted Wager" Cc: Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] MBR

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On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 19:48, Ted Wager wrote:

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Could anyone please let me know the linux command for resetting the MBR

..XP will not accept

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FDISK /MBR and I need to reset it.... Regards Ted Wager...

Go here and download the Windows 98 emergency recovery disk image (follow the instructions on the website to create the disk itself), then run the good old fashioned fdisk.

http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/bootdisk.htm

Absolutely no idea what will happen when you run it on a disk with ntfs though, never risked it myself :)

the correct way for windows xp is to create the (4?) boot disks, boot off them (about 20mins if i remember), then eventually select "Emergency console", from which you can run fdisk /mbr.

Isn't progress wonderful?

Ewan

Hi... Thanks to all for the replies....I have reset the mbr ok and have written

On Monday 25 February 2002 20:15, Christopher John Shaker wrote: lilo to a booting partition and all is well.... -- Regards Ted Wager SuSE Linux