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Old 07-24-2005, 09:24 AM   #1
Eerath
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Red face Bootloader problem. I know how it was caused, but I dont know how to fix it!


Today (Using Norton Partition magic) I deleted all of my Linux partitions and re-formatted them into one clump of unused data, ready for new Linuxes. When I rebooted my PC, however, I realised my error: Along with the OSes, I deleted the GRUB bootloader, so I can no longer boot into Windows. It all stops on a screen which announces that GRUB failed to initialise (Or something like that!). How can I resolve this issue?
 
Old 07-24-2005, 10:30 AM   #2
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Use a Windows boot disk and after it boots type at the command prompt
Code:
fdisk /mbr
which should rewrite the MBR and allow you to start up Windows at the next boot.
 
  


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