nellie2 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I've been dual booting with Redhat for a while but I could never get it to work properly... probably my fault for not having a really good fiddle with it.Anyway, I decided to free up the partition with redhat on it... and so I did.... completely forgetting about my masterboot record! :blink: So when I restarted the computer.... I just got a blank screen with a message about not being able to find a kernal!! Luckily.... I remembered I had done something stupid like this before so I stuck the xp disk into my drive and booted into the recovery console.... got into my C drive and then typed help, because I can never remember the commands!!I fixed the MBR from there and managed to get windows up and running ok!! Moral of the story..... Never just delete stuff without thinking of all the consequences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 We've all done it, nel.That's why powerless and myself are always badgering about backups and things.With something like that, it's not often that anyone does it twice :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 You are a blonde after all Nellie, what else would we expect you to do, than something stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Luckily I did my latest backup at the weekend.... so all wouldn't have been lost if I'd have had to reformat..... apart from a load of time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 That's why MS gives your the recovery console. I've had to use it, oh, 10 times :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Get a windows 98 boot floppy, boot up with it.Then at the A prompt just type fdisk /MBRReboot the computer and windows will behave the way it did before linux was installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I don't think a W98 boot floppy would work would it? I have the NTFS file system for XP :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yes it does. The file system of the computer has nothing to do with the Master Boot Record.trust me, I've been installing linux for 6 years now, and repairing windows MBR's for twice that length of time. The fdisk command don't much care whats on the hard drive. It is a much faster method then jumping through all the hoops of booting from the XP CD and getting to the command console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 ok thanks Bruce, I'll remember that next time... I've always felt very comfy with my old W98 boot up floopy!! :) Hope there isn't a next time though! :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 ok thanks Bruce, I'll remember that next time... I've always felt very comfy with my old W98 boot up floopy!! :) Hope there isn't a next time though! :unsure:Dye your hair brunette Nellie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Dye your hair brunette NellieI tried that once......... it went a funny orange colour. :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 The Win98 CD can also be useful with other Windows versions :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Dye your hair brunette NellieI tried that once......... it went a funny orange colour. :ph34r: Orange is quite a nice colour, marigolds look good in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Install RC saves time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Nice one Bruce. Do you own an anorak ? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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