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List:       linux-newbie
Subject:    RE: Overwrote bootloader
From:       sumit kalra <i_am_sumit_kalra () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2006-01-30 15:48:25
Message-ID: 20060130154825.80202.qmail () web61022 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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Hi Dave,


--- "Meyer, David R" <David.Meyer07@ca.com> wrote:
> Don't panic...this one is easy...
> 
> If you have the Windows XP CD, run the recovery
> module and it will fix
> the bootloader.
Will try this.

> since 2003.  If you
> install Linux (as you have found out) it will find
> your Windows
> partition and bring that option up to you so you can
> once again run both OS's.
This didn't work since I had overwritten the Windows
boot-loader on /dev/hda1.

Thanks,
Sumit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org] On
> Behalf Of sumit kalra
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:25 AM
> To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Overwrote bootloader
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a dual boot machine (Win XP and Fedora Core4)
> using grub as the
> bootloader. The loader was working fine for both
> Windows and Linux till
> I started playing around with it.
> 
> I edited /etc/grub.conf and ran 'grub-install
> /dev/hda8' (windows
> partition) instead of 'grub-install /dev/hda' so
> basically the Linux
> bootloader has overwritten the Windows boot loader.
> Realizing my mistake, I ran 'grub-install /dev/hda'.
> 
> If from the main grub screen I choose 'Linux', I can
> boot into Linux but
> if I choose 'Windows' I get to the same bootloader
> again.
> 
> Another problem, I can't mount the windows partition
> (NTFS) since FC4 apparently doesn't support it.
> 
> Can I, in anyway, recover the Windows bootloader?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sumit


		
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