Run the Mandrake Instalation until you get to the option to partition the HD
Remove any Linux partitions.
Click Done, and you should get a message the changes are being written to disk.
Press <CTRL+ALT+DEL> to restart computer
Remove Mandrake CD
Insert WIN-XP CD
Run Fixboot, then Fixmbr
This should get you back to a usable Win-XP system, if not reinstall Win-XP
Best suggestion is get Win-XP working on your existing HD.
Get a second HD - install it as the first HD, switching the HD with Win-XP to be the second HD
Install Mandrake on the new HD - install lilo in the MBR of the new HD [hda to Linux]
This configuration has been reported to work, although I have not had such a problem myself.
HTH,
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