Re: Re:

El jue, 06-09-2007 a las 22:23 -0400, Alfredo Finol F escribió:
El jue, 06-09-2007 a las 22:07 -0400, Cavan Mejias escribió:
I think my windows XP partition might have a virus or
maybe some of the Microsoft files are damaged. Its running very slow
but linux works fine. I wonder if anyone can tell me if I can
reinstall windows without messing up grub? Or should I just resign
myself to a fresh install of both OSes? Any comments or advice
appreciated.

Cavan

You can install Win again, but you have to find for a Live CD an then
restore grub follow the next steps:
1) mount the Windows partition
Sorry, it's not Windows partition, it's where you have Linux boot
directory
2) with the command grub-install, you can reinstall the grub on the MBR
3) and the last, reboot an try

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