Grub overwrite

[Stan]

XP Home, I had Linux duel booted. Took Linux off, Grub remains. If I
make a startup disk from this XP system and run fdisk mbr will that
overwrite Grub okay?

 

[philo]

XP Home, I had Linux duel booted. Took Linux off, Grub remains. If I
make a startup disk from this XP system and run fdisk mbr will that
overwrite Grub okay?

boot from your XP cd
and from the repair console issue the command: fixmbr


XP does not use fdisk


btw:

booting with a win9x boot disk and
issuing the command fdisk /mbr will do the job though

 

[Billkalbo]

I'm having a similar problem. Somehow, when vista boots, it running grub4dos
and can't see the XP drive and reports errors.Now my XP MFT is fried and
won't boot into XP

When I boot with XP, the repair console tells me that it can't find any
drives despite the fact that there are 3 fully functional drives

Bill

 

[Stan]

boot from your XP cd
and from the repair console issue the command: fixmbr


XP does not use fdisk


btw:

booting with a win9x boot disk and
issuing the command fdisk /mbr will do the job though

Thanks Philo,
The system came with a restore parttion but no CD. I do have a 98se
startup floppy. I'll use that.

 

[philo]

Thanks Philo,
The system came with a restore parttion but no CD. I do have a 98se
startup floppy. I'll use that.

It should work
I have definitely done it many times from a win9x floppy

Some folks do no believe me...
so please post back with your results

 

[philo]

I'm having a similar problem. Somehow, when vista boots, it running grub4dos
and can't see the XP drive and reports errors.Now my XP MFT is fried and
won't boot into XP

When I boot with XP, the repair console tells me that it can't find any
drives despite the fact that there are 3 fully functional drives

Bill

The method I've described...of running fdisk /mbr from a win9x boot floppy
is
one that I have tested in both win2k and XP

However Vista is a whole different OS and it boots differently...
so I would not try it.

To fix your boot sector
you should boot from your Vista DVD and take the repair option .

I have no idea where grub4dos has come from

 

[Billkalbo]

The method I've described...of running fdisk /mbr from a win9x boot floppy
is
one that I have tested in both win2k and XP

However Vista is a whole different OS and it boots differently...
so I would not try it.

To fix your boot sector
you should boot from your Vista DVD and take the repair option .

I have no idea where grub4dos has come from

Philo,

Vista is not the problem, it's my backup for when XP crashes. I'm booting
Vista to try to fix the XP problem.

Any idea why XP from the XP boot CD tells me I have no drives? Before you
ask, it's an origianal CD that I installed XP from so I know it could see
drives before

Bill

 

[John John (MVP)]

Philo,

Vista is not the problem, it's my backup for when XP crashes. I'm
booting Vista to try to fix the XP problem.

Any idea why XP from the XP boot CD tells me I have no drives? Before
you ask, it's an origianal CD that I installed XP from so I know it
could see drives before

You probably have to press F6 at the beginning of the setup routine and
supply controller drivers on a floppy diskette.

John