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Urgent: Windows XP Boot Problem
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Name: John Plaise
Date: August 3, 2002 at 03:02:01 Pacific
Subject: Urgent: Windows XP Boot Problem
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Comment: I've recently installed Linux (mandrake), and after installing it, linux removed windows entry from MBR. I tried to use a DOS startup disk to get to c:\ (and worked). But How do I go to Windows Xp from dos? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Or, are there any more methods to get to windows?
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Response Number 1
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Name: John Plaise
Date: August 3, 2002 at 03:07:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Will "Automatic System Recovery" do any good? Can I just copy the ASR from other computer and use it to my computer? please help!
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Response Number 2
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Name: Sanjaya Sugiarto (by Sanjaya)
Date: August 3, 2002 at 08:03:09 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)
Ok...so ur Linux Bootup manager messed ur MBR.
To recover ur MBR: From the prompt just type: 'fdisk /mbr' with no quote and there is a space between fdisk and /mbr. When it suceed, then u can try to install the Linux bootmanager once again or just boot through floppy
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Response Number 3
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Name: Ger
Date: August 3, 2002 at 09:03:57 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Mandrake normally makes a backup of the Windows MBR during the install in case you ant to restore it. Or you can use the XP Recovery Console if you have an XP cd to fix it:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
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