Sunday, September 12, 2010

How can I progress my boot loader within a windows/linux dual boot system, from linux boot loader to window?

I own a dual boot pc surrounded by which i use winXP and Fedora core 7. Now i got linux boot loader because i installed it second. Now how i need to delite the linux barrier, but i know that then I cannt boot contained by to computer, because there will no boot loader after. How can I reinstall windows original boot loader with out a complete XP install?

How can I progress my boot loader within a windows/linux dual boot system, from linux boot loader to window?

Use your XP distribution compact disc to repair the XP installation.



Boot the CD, use 'R' for repair option. This will drop you into a command prompt running off the compact disc.



It's not much use as it doesn't tell you what to do... but 'help' list the commands it can do.



The ones you want are 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot'.



Just type them surrounded by by themselves... I used fixboot first and fixmbr second when I was trying to get better a broken XP system.



They rewrite the boot loader and the MBR (the master boot record) back to the Microsoft standard ones. Neither command messed beside the XP installation or it's data.



That should put you rear legs where you want to be.



But it is polite practice to back everything up in the past you do it just within case you type the wrong command or your PC have a non standard disk layout or ... anything else that can cause a problem and break your PC.

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