How to remove voice from MBR

dtee · 09-19-2004, 05:34 AM

During installation of SuSE 8.0 alongside WinXP, I accidently let grub be set up in the MBR. Now, I always get a woman's voice announcing something like "System failed memory test, now booting from opereating system." This announcement still comes despite later installations of various distros. Is this a WAV-file I can delete? How do I get rid of it?

Note I currently have no Linux installed, so I will have to do this from WinXP.

jax8 · 09-19-2004, 05:39 AM

the Windows command

fdisk /mbr

deletes the MBR. However I don't think it will even start windows then

Have a look for a command to repair the MBR

Demonbane · 09-19-2004, 05:39 AM

That should be a bios feature for your motherboard, check the bios settings.

databuilders · 09-19-2004, 05:57 AM

fdisk /mbr restores the master boot record instead of removing it, but it doesn't work in XP.

egag · 09-19-2004, 06:00 AM

In winXP you can use "fixmbr" to fix it.

egag

coolfrog · 09-19-2004, 06:04 AM

Voice on boot up is a bios feature. Check out the setttings in the bios for disabling it. Why don't you search on your motherboard and bios versions?

dtee · 09-19-2004, 06:30 AM

You guys with the BIOS tip really hit the nail on the head. What a relief not to hear that voice every time I boot. Many thanks!