Thanks. I thought I have to buy a new HDD.
-----Original Message-----
From: Clemen Canaria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [plug] Problem with LILO
to remove LILO:
clean boot to dos prompt. then issue the command:
"fdisk /mbr" (w/o the qoutes)
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>My PC crashed:
>
>PIII-500
>64 MB RAM
>10GB HDD
>
>I have 5 partitions (1 for linux) and 2 OSs (Win98SE and Linux RH6.2). The
>LILO is installed in second partition not in MBR. I formatted my C drive.
>And I deleted the C drive with out deleting the succeeding drives using
>WinNT installation disk. That was the start of my problem. The following
>happened:
>
>1. I cannot access my Linux OS.
>2. I cannot reinstall any Microsoft OS, except for the system file of
Win9x.
>3. I cannot remove the LILO.
>
>I did the following:
>1. Reinstall Linux but I couldn't access it using boot disk.
>2. Tried to reinstall NT and Win98 but every time I boot up my computer,
the
>LILO would appear and boot directly to windows. It cannot find any OS since
>I just did the fist step of installation, copying of installation files to
>the HDD.
>3. I used WinNT to delete all partitions including Linux. But the LILO is
>still there.
>
>I am sure that once I remove the LILO I can reinstall everything I want to
>my PC. But how do I remove the @!#$%^%%^$ LILO?
>
>HEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Leo
>
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