ok to overwrite MBR?
From: Andre (andreesje_at_[removeme)yahoo.com)
Date: 10/27/03
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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:53:09 -0800
Hi everybody,
I have two hd in my system, one ide drive with WinMe on it and a scsi (id 0)
with Win2k on it.
Why am I posting here?
1) I really want to run my beloved linux again
2) I didn't get any responses on several postings on the win2k newsgroup
I wanted to put linux on my ide drive and blow WinMe away, however, after
doing a last inspection of files I wanted to keep, I noticed that win2k
system files where present in the C root directory (ntdetect and ntldr). I
am not sure how they got there and I then tried to boot win2k by
disconnecting the ide drive. The result was a boot failure, but it seemed to
already happen in the bios.
I then tried to repair the win2k install using the win2k setup disk hoping
it would put those files on the win2k drive - and it did, unfortunately I
still couldn't boot into win2k.
If I put linux onto the ide drive, obviously those win2k system files will
be gone so I am not sure if I will still be able to access my win2k drive.
I have a feeling that the mbr on the win2k drive needs to be rewritten - is
there a chance that I won't be able to access the drive after that?
thanks in advance
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