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May 31, 2007 at 11:03 AM
chris_carter_zero

XP MBR FIX?

by chris_carter_zero . Updated 19 years, 1 month ago

Situation:

HP computer WInXP Professional
{OEM install == no recovery disk}
{FAT32 partition == backup}
{NTFS partition == main}

Linux install on separate physical disk overwrites master boot record on primary drive LILO now owns primary drive.

I’m Linux illiterate and was hoping to change that. I knew better than to install Linux secondarily in a multi boot configuration but for some reason I thought having a separate physical disk might not cause the same types of conflicts.

I have a WIN 98 boot disk and read about a MBR fix with it but can no longer find the article. I imagine it involves fdisk but am not certain of changes or commands that need to be entered.

Someone please help me redeem myself here. I’ve OEM’d myself into a corner and I’m about to do something very apelike to a very good computer.

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