[ltp] Restore WinXP MBR?

[Kelvin KAN]

If you could move the T40 drive to a desktop with a 2.5" to 3.5" 
converter, there was  an "fdisk /fixmbr" command in Windows or DOS very 
long time ago (1996).  I did that but for lilo not grub.

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kelvin.

Antoine Dechaume wrote:

>Did you try to boot with your linux cd, and search for some rescue tools ?
>On mdk distro, there's a tool to restor the original MBR.
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>Le Vendredi 21 Novembre 2003 10:44, Jordan Benjamin a écrit :
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>>So, while trying to get my partitions set up properly I installed grub
>>into the mbr for the whole disk of my T40. Although this is not a
>>problem for linux, I can't boot Windows anymore (this is required
>>sometimes for me).
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>>I went ahead and got the recovery CDs from IBM (for which I was charged
>>$40 since I've had the machine over 30 days...I hate computer
>>companies). They restored everything but the MBR.
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>>I don't have a floppy drive; any suggestions? Would I be able to use any
>>usb floppy drive to boot my ThinkPad (to use a windows boot floppy to
>>fix the mbr)?
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>>Jordan
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