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Re: Recovering from GRUB effects of "garbled" install


From: Keith McKenzie
Subject: Re: Recovering from GRUB effects of "garbled" install
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:17:59 +0000
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On 16/03/12 17:43, Chris Murphy wrote:
Next you'll need to find replacement boot code for WindowsXP. And I'm not much 
help with that. The Windows rescue or repair might do it if you boot off your 
install CD, although it's possible it fixes things other than the boot code in 
the MBR.

Not been following this thread, but if you want to re install the XP boot code :- insert windows cd & boot it into rescue mode; fixmbr is the command. (On Win7 it changed to setmbr)

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