From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Meyer, David R" Subject: RE: Overwrote bootloader Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:32:14 -0500 Message-ID: <83810D80449F3F43A93AADE8FC643B6E5C64F6@USILMS11.ca.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Return-path: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: sumit kalra , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Don't panic...this one is easy... If you have the Windows XP CD, run the recovery module and it will fix the bootloader. HOWEVER, you can also stick with a Linux boot loader. I have been dual-booting my work laptop for three years now using a varied array of distros. I have not used the Windows bootloader since 2003. If you install Linux (as you have found out) it will find your Windows partition and bring that option up to you so you can once again run both OS's. Dave -----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 10:25 AM 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 ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs