Installing New Hard Drive
 

OK I have a new hard drive and I'm gonna stick Linux on it. However, I know that I will have to install a bootloader. This will be a dual boot system, with Windows XP and Linux. I plan to remove Linux shortly to install the hard drive in another computer. How do I go about removing the bootloader after removing Linux without using the Windows XP CD, because I don't have it. When I installed and removed Linux on a computer with Windows 98 on it, I removed the bootloader by typing "fdisk /mbr" in DOS. Is there a similar method in Windows XP. (Remember I don't have the CD).

Thanks in advance.

You best off as to install the second hard drive and then install Linux onto it.. install the boot loader on the primary drive's MBR so you can boot into either. If it comes down that you want to get rid of Linux and its boot loader, simply fdisk /MBR from Windows and it will just boot right up on the next reboot..