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Missing boot loader...

Started by jim bob Dec 29, 2001 at 2:03 PM 1 reply 300+ views

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Dec 29, 2001 at 2:03 PM

Hello everyone. I decided to install my copy of Red Hat Linux 7.2 on a different computer than the one I had it on. However, for some reason I didn''t keep track of which drive the master boot loader was on. I now think I installed it on C, and Linux on D. Also on my C drive is Windows 2000. I used the Grub boot loader program to select which OS I wanted. As it turns out, I later didn''t want Linux on this computer. Since I figured everything Linux was on my D drive, I did a high level format (in Windows) of my non-Windows D drive, to get Linux off that computer. Well, all seemed fine and dandy, until I rebooted. I got a "text based" Grub boot loader program, which didn''t seem to do anything. Basically I have no way to boot Windows. My question, how can I restore Windows, without ruining my hard drive? By that I mean, not losing any data? Can I reinstall the boot program and such, over my ruined one, and go on as normal? If so, how? I put the Windows disk in but I didn''t see any recovery options like that, without partitioning my disk and starting from scratch. Oh, by the way, I get that "Missing NTLDR" message, if that helps any. I hope you understand what I mean. Well, thanks for any help! Regards. I am not worthy of a sig!

Martee

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Martee

Dec 29, 2001 at 2:05 PM

So just to make sure I understand the problem correctly ... you have Windows 2000 installed, but you can''t boot it? If this is the case, you''ll want to boot off the Windows 2000 CD, go to the recovery console, and type ''fixmbr''.

jim bob

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jim bob

Dec 29, 2001 at 2:28 PM

Thanks for the reply. Yes, that is my problem. However, I have ran the FIXMBR program, and I still cannot boot. Basically, and by accident, I took Linux off my D drive, but Linux and Windows booted from my C drive, and Windows is on my C drive. Now my D drive is clean, which I wanted, and Windows is on C, like always, but it cannot boot at all. I''ll try that again, but that, and the FIXBOOT program, did not seem to help my cause.

Thank you though!

Regards.

I am not worthy of a sig!

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