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04-04-2004, 06:46 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Canada, TO.
Distribution: Slackware: in progress, Mandrake 9.2, Libranet, Vector
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Windows Overwriting MBR Need help..
I have linux and windows running on the same mechine. I use lilo to boot both linux and windows as usual. But now I have to do a windows repair. If I do this, it'll overwrite the MBR. How do I fix it without having to reinstall linux?
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04-04-2004, 06:49 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: UK
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You can make a boot disk for Linux. or If you have your original installation CD, you can usually boot with that into a repair mode. ( Every distro I've used can do this ).
Then simply install lilo back onto the mbr ( as you do when you update it ).
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04-07-2004, 03:56 PM
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Location: Canada, TO.
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Thanks.
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