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<DIV><SPAN class=061554913-07042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>get a
DOS boot disk with format.exe on it. I use a WIN98 cd. Then boot to a DOS prompt
and run 'fdisk /mbr c:'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=061554913-07042004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>that
will format the master boot record then re-install winxp</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Donald Tyler
[mailto:dtyler@frazerbilt.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:48
AM<BR><B>To:</B> redhat-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> WinXP & RedHat
co-existence nightmare.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I tried to install RedHat on a
separate hard drive on my machine, and use the Grub loader to choose between
Windows and Linux, but it completely screwed up WinXP and it wouldn't boot no
matter what I did.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I had to reinstall windows, but the
only disk I had was a restore CD (Not the original OS CD). I did that and it
seemed to fix the problem, but now WinXP is taking literally hours to install
anything.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have decided to temprorily remove
RedHat from the computer. But I can seem to get rid of the Grub loader. I have
removed the second hard drive that Linux is on, and I have re-partitioned and
formatted the primary hard drive that the Grub loader and windows XP is on. But
when I load the machine I get a Grub loader error. I have no earthly idea how
the hell it can still be on the hard drive when I re-partitioned and formatted
it.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Can anyone tell me how to remove the
Grub loader from the hard drive so that I can have a completely clean WinXP
machine?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>