boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however) as root try
# dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The "leftovers" from
the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer.
Pat
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I have two hard disks that I used for linux and now I'm trying to use them with Windows, but with both drives the computer (Dell) cannot see the hard drive as bootable. It comes up with the error message "Primary hard disk drive cannot be found."
The BIOS recognizes the hard drive and I can install Windows or linux, but it won't boot until I hit F1-ignore.
I had this problem before and rewriting the MBR fixed it, but this time I have tried to rewrite the MBR using a DOS 5 boot disk, the Win2K fixmbr and fixboot utility and even loaded debian "woody" and tried a lilo -U, but nothing has worked.
Anyone got any ideas.
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