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Unread 6 Dec 2002, 12:40   #1
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I tried installing mandrake on my PC, but for various reasons it didn't work...but thats not the point. In anger, i re-formatted the partition that contained the partial-install, and made my HD whole again, but the bluey screen still appears at startup asking me which OS i want to use. Its not a major problem, but very annoying so if anyone knows how i can tell my comp that there is no Linux on my machine, it would be appreciated.
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you can still boot into your os?

if your using xp or win2k i think this should help.

if your on win98, boot from your win98 boot disk and type "fdisk /mbr" (w/o quotes), and i think that trys to fix it.

edit: this should help you a bit more
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I have win2k pro, and i can boot into that, i just have to select "NT" from the Mandrake screen that appears (if i leave it, it tries to start Linux, which for obvious reasons fails )
I have just one hard-drive, with one partition now, and linux is not on that drive (well, i assume some bit of it must be somewhere, but not on the accessible bit)
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if your on win98, boot from your win98 boot disk and type "fdisk /mbr" (w/o quotes), and i think that trys to fix it.
Do that anyway. Get a win98 bootdisk from somewhere. It works on WinNT too.
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Or you can use the 2k command to do it.
fixmbr

I think thats right for 2k - I can't remember if it's different from XP.

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