Re: Windows kill Linux?

Stuart Miller wrote:

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Depending on what you have on your xp parition, you may want to try one or
all of ....

1. reset to factory 'still in the box' condition of you drive c - acer
boot option

2. fdisk /mbr

3. on linux rescue disk, 'restore old (windows) mbr'

2 and 3 must be done before you try 1.

Stuart

I have always used the fdisk /mbr from an old boot floppy of Win98. It has
cleaned up the mbr everytime. When you re-boot into windows, windows will
then re-write and restore mbr.
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arnold
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