[ILUG] Windows Bootloader Recovery

[Gareth Eason]

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	Erm... forgive me if I misunderstand the problem, but is this not a
typical case where booting from a DOS boot disk and issueing the command
~ "fdisk /mbr" will fix things? If you want a Windows only machine, this
will replace the MBR and call the windows bootloader.

	DOS boot disks and fdisk for DOS are available all over the internet
(even though they probably shouldn't be, maybe?)

	Hope this helps.

	Best regards,
	-->Gar

Danny Browne wrote:
| grub just gives a "grub>" prompt,
|
| no option to boot windows. is there some command i could give to boot
\hda1 or something?
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| i have tried the repair option also but it needs to reboot to continue
the repair and obviously on reboot i am not getting past the grub loader.
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| "Ian Spillane" <ian.spillane at betelgeux.com> wrote:
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|>If grub runs what options does it give and why does it not give
windows as an option?
|>
|>Of course I do realise that you really just want to get a windows only
boot working. The recovery console has tools for rebuilding the windows
bootstrap but you say you can't get at it. Have you tried both
installing XP and chosing the "repair current installation" as well as
trying to log into the recovery console?
|>
|>Ian
|>-----Original Message-----
|>From: "Danny Browne" <danny_browne at eircom.net>
|>Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:32:12
|>To:"Ian Spillane" <ian.spillane at betelgeux.com>,       "Irish Linux
User Group" <ilug at linux.ie>
|>Subject: Re: [ILUG] Windows Bootloader Recovery
|>
|>ok, how would i go about editing grub?
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|>For some minimal install of linux how would i go about this? i can't
access my XP installation (obviously) and i have no unallocated space on
the hard drive. i have two partitions C: and D: both NTFS. Could i use a
DOS boot disk to fdisk some free space for linux on D: or something?
|>
|>"Ian Spillane" <ian.spillane at betelgeux.com> wrote:
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|>
|>>Can you edit grub to give you windows access?
|>>
|>>Or perhaps easiest: reinstall a minimal linux which should rewrite
grub and allow you back into windows.
|>>
|>>-----Original Message-----
|>>From: "Danny Browne" <danny_browne at eircom.net>
|>>Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:55:04
|>>To:"Irish Linux User Group" <ilug at linux.ie>
|>>Subject: [ILUG] Windows Bootloader Recovery
|>>
|>>
|>>Hi. Seriously screwed up.
|>>
|>>Trying to recover my windows bootloader by booting with my XP cd in
recovery mode, but it keeps asking me for my administrator password and
when i give it is rejected??
|>>
|>>The ADMINISTRATOR account you would see when you boot up in safe mode
has no password, the password for my own account which has administrator
privelages is the one i am giving, but it is not being accepted.
|>>
|>>I screwed up cause without even thinking about it i formatted my
redhat partition in windows and now i can't boot to XP cause the grub
lader is still there!!!!!
|>>
|>>HELP!
|>>____________________________________________________________
|>>Danny Browne
|>>
|>>
|>>
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|>>
|>
|>____________________________________________________________
|>Danny Browne
|>
|>
|>
|>_________________________________________________________________
|>eircom broadband is now up to four times faster than before.
|>Phone 1850 73 00 73 or visit http://home.eircom.net/broadbandoffer
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|>"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a
heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of
the people." Karl Marx
|>
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| Danny Browne
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