For XP the simplest way is to boot the system from the WindowsXP cd to the Rescue Console (or something like that), choose your partition (the program usually finds it automagically), type in the administrator password (if any) and then type: fixmbr
Tried and tested. Zee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restoring Windows MBR > At 11:38 PM 10/23/2003, you wrote: > >Remove dual boot > >Anthony in Annandale, N.J., had a laptop with Windows XP and Linux. He > >uninstalled Linux, but he still gets the option menu at boot. How can he get > >rid of the menu? > > > > > >You need to replace the master boot record. Boot your computer with your XP > >startup disk and go into rescue mode. You want to access the command line > >interface. At the prompt, type "FDISK /MBR" (without quotes). This will > >replace your master boot record. > > That does NOT work on XP (and possibly Win2K). It will only work on > Win95/98/ME. For XP, it's much more convoluted... > > This MS KB article, > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315679&Product=winxp, > says "WARNING: Do not use the fdisk /mbr command from the Windows Me/98 > Startup disk or the fixmbr command in the Windows XP Recovery Console. > These commands will destroy your drive overlay Master Boot Record > information..." > > You need to use the Recovery Console to access the tools to fix this. This > article, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058, explains how to get > there and has details on the commands available. > > Hall > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
