[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

[Hans Tegnerud]

On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 17:08, Hans Tegnerud wrote:

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> > Booting "WinXP"
> > 
> > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > chainloader +1
> > 
> > GRUB loading stage2...
> 
> Boot from your XP rescue disks and rewrite the boot sector from there.
> I'm not sure but I believe it's also possible to boot from the XP
> install CD and do a rescue from there. Sadly I can't confirm it for you.

...oh, and after that you'll have to reinstall GRUB to the MBR of your
first disk since the XP rescue process most likely will overwrite both
the boot sector of the XP partition and the MBR.

Hans