This PC I have at home has Windows XP and did have a linux distro on.
Unfortunatly, it wasn’t removed properly and now the MBR wants to boot GRUB on loading giving a GRUB 22 error because it’s not there.
How can I fix the MBR so it will allow me back into windows? I have no access to any OS on that machine…it wont let me boot into one.
How can I sort it? Can I do it through a Knoppix live CD?
Sacreledge! :lol:
Try putting the XP CD in it and boot to a recovery prompt and run fixmbr.exe. Not sure if XP has it but every other gates-o-matic OS does.
fdisk /mbr will do it, got a win9x boot floppy/cd lying around?
Yeah this works, i’ve done it myself.
:chuckle:
No I dont have an XP disk here or a floppy
Looks like a harder version is needed:p
EDIT: Gotta run windows to access the wireless network…to much like hardwork to get Linux to access it here 
If you have got CD burning facilities, download Universal boot CD from http://www.kindhead.com/ubcd.html
this has the tools you need .
Managed it the very hard way…
Used the recovery CD.
it booted up the windows installer and launched STRAIGHT into a reformat…:eek:
Bloody lucky I dont have anything I need on here before I did it…