WinXP & RedHat co-existence nightmare.

[Donald Tyler]

Yeah that worked.

Thanks =0)

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Jason Staudenmayer
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:09 AM
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: RE: WinXP & RedHat co-existence nightmare.

Then just try the fdisk /mbr I know it works I've done it a thousand times.

-----Original Message-----
From: roger2 [mailto:roger2 at rogernet.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:08 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: WinXP & RedHat co-existence nightmare.


On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 08:54:03 -0500, Donald Tyler <dtyler at frazerbilt.com> 
wrote:

> I tried a Win98 boot disk and it doesn't even recognize that disk C: 
> exists
> at all.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Jason Staudenmayer
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:51 AM
> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> Subject: RE: WinXP & RedHat co-existence nightmare.
>
>
>
> 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:'
>
> that will format the master boot record then re-install winxp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Tyler [mailto:dtyler at frazerbilt.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:48 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: WinXP & RedHat co-existence nightmare.
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Can anyone tell me how to remove the Grub loader from the hard drive so 
> that
> I can have a completely clean WinXP machine?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
Did you add the second drive for the Linux install or was it already in 
use?
Regards Roger


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