On 26 Apr 2002, at 4:10pm, Alexander Gallichon wrote: > I told him this; his reply 'no dice'. I think XP isn't as based on DOS as > the other Microsoft OS's
You need to boot the Windows XP installation CD-ROM and choose the "Recovery Console" option when prompted. Then issue the "FIXMBR" command from the Recovery Console command prompt. Be aware that, per Microsoft's requirements, many vendors no longer ship a bootable version of Windows XP. You only get a "restore image" option (which your friend does *NOT* want to do -- it replaces the existing contents of the hard drive, including all user data). The other option is to find a DOS-based system and make a boot disk using that, copy FDISK to it, and boot that. The fact that your friend has already "killed" Mandrake makes things much harder. :-( Oh, and FYI: Windows loads on top of MS-DOS. Win95 = Windows 4.0 Win98 = Windows 4.1 WinME = Windows 4.2 "Windows NT" does not. The first release of NT was 3.0. Windows 2000 = NT 5.0 Windows XP = NT 5.1 Windows.NET = NT 5.2 or 6.0 (we're not sure which yet) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
