Farschad,
It should be fdisk /mbr after booting from a dos boot disk.
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 10:21, Farschad Torabi wrote:
> Michael Kalus,
> Formt c: /mbr does not work :^(
>
> Cheers
> Farschad
>
>
> At 09:31 AM 6/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Put in a DOS Bootdisk and once the boot prompt comes up type:
> >
> >Format c: /mbr
> >
> >That should write a clean boot record. (at least it did in the past :) ).
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Farschad Torabi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:29 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: how to install Grub without installing LINUX
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > There is a problem using Grub.
> > > I had both Windows XP and Linux on the same PC and Grub was
> > > installed on MBR as the boot loader. Now I want to completely
> > > remove the Linux and install a freseh new XP. I used Fdisk to
> > > comletely repartition the hard
> > > disk and
> > > the problem arose when the XP installer began to restart the
> > > PC. As the GRUB was on MBR and MBR was not overwritten yet,
> > > it sends a prompt and does not let the XP installer to
> > > continue. what should I do??
> > >
> > > Imagine the case that
> > > 1. I don't want to install Linux again.
> > > 2. I look for a choice to overwrite the MBR
> > > 3. I want the XP installer continue because after this period, it
> > > overwrites the MBR itself.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Farschad Torabi
> > > Ph. D. Student
> > > Department of Mechanical Eng.
> > > University of Tehran
> > > Tehran / Iran
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> > >
> > >
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> Farschad Torabi
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> Department of Mechanical Eng.
> University of Tehran
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