Fixmbr/boot disk problem

[Kostatus]

Hi,

I want to remove the LILO bootloader (I already removed Linux) but for that
I need to run the recovery console from the boot disk. My BIOS does not
support bootable CD, so I ran I ran the bootable floppies for Windows XP -
but my keyboard would not work there!!! I have a cordless Microsoft
keyboard and mouse, it works in BIOS but when I boot something from a
floppy it just stops working - so I can't even install Linux again to
remove LILO from there; also the keyboard does not work in LILO itself so I
can't just skip it until it times itself out . I can't use any other
keyboard because my ps/2 keyboard slot is broken and I don't have any other
USB keyboards. I want to remove it because it increases my computer's boot
time by quite a lot (about 25 seconds).

This probably doesn't matter, but I'm using Windows XP home and I have the
fully licensed CD for it.

How can I remove this horrible nuisance?

 

[Tom]

Hi,

I want to remove the LILO bootloader (I already removed Linux) but for
that
I need to run the recovery console from the boot disk. My BIOS does not
support bootable CD, so I ran I ran the bootable floppies for Windows XP -
but my keyboard would not work there!!! I have a cordless Microsoft
keyboard and mouse, it works in BIOS but when I boot something from a
floppy it just stops working - so I can't even install Linux again to
remove LILO from there; also the keyboard does not work in LILO itself so
I
can't just skip it until it times itself out . I can't use any other
keyboard because my ps/2 keyboard slot is broken and I don't have any
other
USB keyboards. I want to remove it because it increases my computer's
boot
time by quite a lot (about 25 seconds).

This probably doesn't matter, but I'm using Windows XP home and I have the
fully licensed CD for it.

How can I remove this horrible nuisance?

Under Windows XP, you can restore the original MBR (thus uninstalling Lilo)
as follows:

Boot from the Windows XP CD , press the key "R" in the setup in order to
start the recovery console. Select your Windows XP installation from the
list, and enter the administrator password (just hit enter if one wasn't
created, or you are unsure). Enter the command "FIXMBR" at the input prompt
and confirm the next question with "y". Finally, use "exit" to restore the
computer.

 

[Kostatus]

Under Windows XP, you can restore the original MBR (thus uninstalling
Lilo) as follows:

Boot from the Windows XP CD , press the key "R" in the setup in order to
start the recovery console. Select your Windows XP installation from the
list, and enter the administrator password (just hit enter if one wasn't
created, or you are unsure). Enter the command "FIXMBR" at the input
prompt and confirm the next question with "y". Finally, use "exit" to
restore the computer.

That's my problem: I can't do anything in the recovery console because it
wont accept any commands from my keyboard!

 

[Kostatus]

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:43:31 GMT, Kostatus wrote:

....

That's my problem: I can't do anything in the recovery console because it
wont accept any commands from my keyboard!

Sorry, I meant to say: I can't even get to the recovery console because the
setup wont accept any commands from my keyboard!

 

[kurttrail]

Hi,

I want to remove the LILO bootloader (I already removed Linux) but
for that I need to run the recovery console from the boot disk. My
BIOS does not support bootable CD, so I ran I ran the bootable
floppies for Windows XP - but my keyboard would not work there!!! I
have a cordless Microsoft keyboard and mouse, it works in BIOS but
when I boot something from a floppy it just stops working - so I
can't even install Linux again to remove LILO from there; also the
keyboard does not work in LILO itself so I can't just skip it until
it times itself out . I can't use any other keyboard because my
ps/2 keyboard slot is broken and I don't have any other USB
keyboards. I want to remove it because it increases my computer's
boot time by quite a lot (about 25 seconds).

This probably doesn't matter, but I'm using Windows XP home and I
have the fully licensed CD for it.

How can I remove this horrible nuisance?

Use a wired keyboard. Don't have one, borrow one.

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[Alex Nichol]

I want to remove the LILO bootloader (I already removed Linux) but for that
I need to run the recovery console from the boot disk. My BIOS does not
support bootable CD, so I ran I ran the bootable floppies for Windows XP -
but my keyboard would not work there!

See if you can get a Win98 start up floppy (if necessary download an
image from www.bootdisk.com ), boot that (if your keyboard works in BIOS
it should with that) and use its
FDISK /MBR
which will do the same as a FixMbr from the XP Recovery console -
rewrite the MBR code thus kicking out Lilo