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[JM Aggie08]

recently uninstalled Madrake and want to know how to get it to boot directly to windows, and not the multi partion boot menu.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Pop in a Win98 boot floppy, boot off that then at DOS prompt:

fdisk /MBR

Reboot... Done.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
Pop in a Win98 boot floppy, boot off that then at DOS prompt:

fdisk /MBR

Reboot... Done.

ive done it before without a disk. and why Win98? i dont use that.

 

[ChronoReverse]

It depends on whether you've installed a linux bootloader or if you're using the Windows one.

Since it's likely the former, you just need to run that fdisk command to write a new bootloader (fdisk isn't on the bootdisk WinXP makes). You can also boot from the WinXP CD and use the recovery console to do the same.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: ChronoReverse
It depends on whether you've installed a linux bootloader or if you're using the Windows one.

Since it's likely the former, you just need to run that fdisk command to write a new bootloader (fdisk isn't on the bootdisk WinXP makes). You can also boot from the WinXP CD and use the recovery console to do the same.

where do i run the fdisk command? and what do i do?

 

[Fallen Kell]

You run it when you get to the DOS prompt in the recovery console after you type in your administrator password if you used one.

Trust me, it is 10,000 times easier to just pop in a Win98 boot floppy. It will do the EXACT SAME THING. You can even download them from the internet:

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: JM Aggie08

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
Pop in a Win98 boot floppy, boot off that then at DOS prompt:

fdisk /MBR

Reboot... Done.

ive done it before without a disk. and why Win98? i dont use that.

If you have done it before why don't you do it again ( the same way ) and not argue with someone trying to help you?

I don't think you have done it before without a disk of some kind.

Master Boot Record, a small program that is executed when a computer boots up. Typically, the MBR resides on the first sector of the hard disk. The program begins the boot process by looking up the partition table to determine which partition to use for booting. It then transfers program control to the boot sector of that partition, which continues the boot process. In DOS and Windows systems, you can create the MBR with the FDISK /MBR command.

The below is from here: http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm

The simplest way to repair or re-create MBR is to run Microsoft's standard utility called FDISK with a parameter /MBR, like

A:\> FDISK.EXE /MBR

FDISK is a standard utility included in MS-DOS, Windows 95, 98, ME. This also works with Windows 2000, XP, and Vista by the way.

If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks or CD-ROM, choose repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When you are logged on, you can run FIXMBR command to fix MBR.

Enjoy

pcgeek11