Restoring the windows bootloader?

Psyk · 20 May 2006 at 13:59

Until recently I had Linux as well as XP on my machine. I used GRUB for my bootloader. Now I can't boot without a boot CD with GRUB on it (the boot partition that stored the GRUB files is gone). Is there a way I can restore the MBR so it uses the standard windows bootloader?

Ps. Please tell me if I'm talking absolute crap since I don't know exactly what I'm doing.

Psyk · 20 May 2006 at 14:31

Why windows 98? I think my boot CD has fdisk on it so I guess it'll work with that.

Psyk · 20 May 2006 at 16:57

|Ric| said:
To get to recovery console put in windows cd, boot from it, press r to enter recovery console when it asks. you need your admin pass.

Any way to do it without a disc since I don't have mine at hand at the moment?

Psyk · 21 May 2006 at 13:57

|Ric| said:
I don't think so unfortunately, it is possible to install the revoery console on to your pc but you need to have access to it in the first place

Only other option is a windows 98 bootdisk and try fdisk - but I would personally recommend the xp tools simply as that is what they are designed for (fdisk will probably only do the equivalent to fixmbr and I am pretty sure it is fixboot you need)

I found a copy of XP pro I had burnt to a disc (legal in case you ask

) and used that. Thanks for the help