Boot problem

[Willz]

Hi, i decided to format all my partition except windows, i forgot about the grub bootloader, now when i boot i cant actually get into windows because the boot loader broke as i deleted the partition with linux on, how can i get into windows, or repair the boot loader so i am using the windows one from in linux, i don't want to have to do a repair on windows.

 

[zeus]

fdisk /mbr from dos is one way.

I suppose the easiest way to get into dos is to use a 9x floppy startup disk.
Bootdisk.Com

You might be able to use your hard drive tools but the above way will at least get you up and running for now.

 

[Willz]

I dont have a floppy disk drive, i destroyed it because i found no use for it.
I go into command console, and i type fdisk /mbr when in kubuntu, and it says unable to open :(

 

[zeus]

willz youve confused me again.

Is it windows you have or linux?
If its linux you have then you need to reinstall grub. If you have a linux command line you can create the floppy from there.
I dont know kubuntu but this command should create it
dd if=/boot/grub/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
But you dont have floppy drive gods knows how to reinstall grub.
In fact yeah I do run grub in the command but you need to do more stuff. Ive got no time to tell you right now but will if this is what you need to do.

If you have windows you need to run fdks /mbr from dos.
You should be able to get a cd bootable copy of dos from soewhere.

Got to go, the beer shop shuts in a mo!! brb

 

[zeus]

Ill redo my lat post cos I was rushing like hell and it probably doesnt make sense.

What OSs have you got and on what drives?

 

[max12590]

Yea, just burn a bootable CD.

EDIT: Can't you run stuff like that from the rescue console on the Windows CD?

 

[Willz]

No i tried, i just restored windows in the end as i must of damaged the instalation as when i tried to repair itit would not install, i should, i installed windows server 2003 datacenter on a partition to get the boot loader back.

 

[megamaced]

Boot the computer from your Windows XP CD and choose 'Repair'. Then Choose 'Manual Repair with the Recovery Console'.

Once you are in the Recovery Console, type:

fixmbr