no boot XP after FC4

[Grant Allan]

> On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 07:53 +1300, Grant Allan wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> just installed FC4 into empty partition on same drive as WindowsXP
>> (disk1).  i'm aiming for dual-boot using NTLDR menu.
>>
>> i think i messed something up, cos now during reboot i get told that
>> NTLDR
>> can't be found.  strange thing is, when i boot from SystemRecoveryCD,
>> and
>> then choose the option to boot from "disk1", WindowsXP boots fine (and
>> so
>> obviously NTLDR is there after all).
>
> No, it's not.  XP boots because it's partition is "active" but the
> actual boot loader that belongs in the MBR is missing.  You need to
> either reinstall NTLDR or install grub as your boot manager.

hi again,

i already have a file named NTLDR in my C:\ directory.  when you say to
'install' it, do i have to get a copy of that NTLDR into my MBR?  is that
what FDISK /MBR would do?

thanks for your advice,
grant