Reinstall Xp Help!!!

suseuser · 07-13-2004, 09:23 AM

i need to reinstall my xp (due to just too many errors, and spyware) the last time i did this i lost my grub bootloader and had to reinstall my linux suse 9.1. is there any way that i can reinstall xp without hurting my bootloader, or is there a way that i can reinstall the bootloader after i install xp????

please help

ebasi · 07-13-2004, 09:35 AM

after reinstall your Win boot in Linux from linux bootable CD or floppy and run /sbin/lilo
That must be enough

aaa · 07-13-2004, 09:38 AM

dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
Creates a boot floppy. Will work when mbr is erased. Will not work if linux partition is destroyed.