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Backup Master boot sector
Name: jayapalchandran Date: May 23, 2007 at 00:03:05 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD / 512
Comment:
I had installed winxp and linux(fedora)... When booting a boot screen is displayed by fedora for selecting linux/windows. after some time i formatted c: and installed xp... now i wont get the fedora boot screen... so i thought if i could backup the masterboot record then i can restore after installing xp so i will get the dual bootup screen displaying windows/linux...
what am i supposed to do?
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Name: Ed in Texas. Date: May 23, 2007 at 00:32:57 Pacific
Reply:
jayapalchandran, if you did indeed FORMAT, you wiped the drive clean and it's gone. Depending on the type format used, it MIGHT still be recoverable by a pro, but it's gonna be neither cheap nor easy. HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 2
Name: Santa Date: May 23, 2007 at 03:40:11 Pacific
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Install XP, then Repaair Install Linux this should reinstate the Grub/LiLo Boot Manager
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Response Number 3
Name: mosaddique Date: May 23, 2007 at 04:34:54 Pacific
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You are asking this question in the wrong forum. It should be in the Linux Forum for a better chance of being answered by more people.
Anyway one of the various options in this collection of Saikee's grub booting tips should help you resolve your problem.
You may need to create a grub boot floppy or use your linux CD or any live linux CD.
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Response Number 4
Name: jayapalchandran Date: May 23, 2007 at 07:05:08 Pacific
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thank you guys...
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Response Number 5
Name: Sci-Guy Date: May 23, 2007 at 07:51:14 Pacific
Reply:
Your linux partition will still be intact, but the reinstall of XP rewrote the boot sector. As advised above, a reinstall of Grub/Lilo should fix it.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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