Blind MBR bootloader

[Guest]

I tried installing Linux on some spare disk space - but I could no longer
boot Windows because GRUB did not find Windows. I used the recovery console
to deinstall Linux and rewrite the MBR with the Windows bootloader but when I
try to run Windows, the machine says hal.dll is missing (Windows speak for
hard drive missing).

I have FreeDOS installed under the first partition which is 130-odd mB.
Windows is installed under a logical partition. There is another FAT16
partition used for transfer between the two OSes.

Any ideas?

 

[mdp]

I tried installing Linux on some spare disk space - but I could no
longer boot Windows because GRUB did not find Windows. I used the
recovery console to deinstall Linux and rewrite the MBR with the
Windows bootloader but when I try to run Windows, the machine says
hal.dll is missing (Windows speak for hard drive missing).

I have FreeDOS installed under the first partition which is 130-odd
mB. Windows is installed under a logical partition. There is another
FAT16 partition used for transfer between the two OSes.

Any ideas?

Maybe this will help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm