i deleted my windows boot sector, oh deaar... how'd i get it back?

[mckarl]

Hi all, <br><br>Yeah, sounds pretty stupid, but it wasnt directly my fault. <br>I installed redhat over my previouse installation of red hat, and lo- and behold, it asked my the usual questions, EXCLUDING what i wanted to install, and if i wanted to create a boot partition, and decided it knew what i wanted, and put it in for me.<br>So now, i'm left without my windows loader. I'm sure formatting everything from new would be a good idea, but it's a work PC, and i almost like my job.<br>ok, so anyone any ideas? how can i boot back into windows?<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T.I.A. <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-- Karl. <p>Karl Butterworth<br><a href=mailto:karl_butterworth@ordina.co.uk>karl_butterworth@ordina.co.uk</a><br><a href= > </a><br><i>I'm slim shadey, yes i'm the real shadey, all you other slim shadeys are just imitating; so wont the real slim shadey please stand up, please stand up, please stand up!</i>

 

[mckarl]

<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b> PROBLEM SOLVED! </b><br><br> <p>Karl Butterworth<br><a href=mailto:karl_butterworth@ordina.co.uk>karl_butterworth@ordina.co.uk</a><br><a href= > </a><br><i>I'm slim shadey, yes i'm the real shadey, all you other slim shadeys are just imitating; so wont the real slim shadey please stand up, please stand up, please stand up!</i>

 

[AndyBo]

Glad to hear you solved the problem. &nbsp;&nbsp;What did you have to do?&nbsp;&nbsp;I suspect that booting from a Windows boot floppy and then running &quot;fdisk /mbr&quot; did the trick... Was this what you did?&nbsp;&nbsp;Or did you edit the &quot;/etc/lilo.conf&quot; file under Linux to specify the Windows parition? <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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[lko2181]

Please confirm or deny the above solution (AndyBo). Thanks

 

[MikeLacey]

fdisk /mbr worked for me when I zapped my master boot record with LILO <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[AndyBo]

&quot;fdisk /mbr&quot;, then reboot using your Linux boot floppy (there's usually an option (rescue) to boot from hard disk on modern boot or installation floppies), then re-run &quot;lilo&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;This has always worked for me.&nbsp;&nbsp;This assumes that your /etc/lilo.conf file is OK... <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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