RE: Overwrote bootloader

[sumit kalra <i_am_sumit_kalra@yahoo.com>]

Hi Digz,

Thanks for your mail.


--- Digvijoy Chatterjee
<Digvijoy_Chatterjee@infosys.com> wrote:
> First of all I don't understand , how you could get
> Windows to /dev/hda8 because Windows always installs
> on /dev/hda1 after
Ooops, it was on hda1. Sorry for the confusion.

> try  getting  a DOS boot floppy which contains the
> DOS boot loader ,and boot windows of it  ,and see if
> you NT Loader is safe ,if your NT Loader got
corrupted then, 
> using  a Windows  recovery CD should help
I don't have a floppy drive. But if Windows backs up
the boot-loader somewhere then I can read it using the
NTFS module and dd it to /dev/hda1. Does this sound
good? If yes, then any idea where is the boot loader
stored by XP? I'll also try thr Windows recovery CD
approach.

> To mount NTFS partitions you have to install the
> NTFS rpm for your
> kernel version , ,or you have to build the NTFS
> module from the kernel
> source tree and insmod/modprobe it ./
I'll search the RPM and install it.

Thanks again.
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 8:55 PM
> 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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