Deleted linux Partition with grub need to get to windows

[Alacrite]

Title says it all. I was messing around not thinking and I wanted to do a new linux install. I deleted the partition along with grub on it. Now I just want to get back into windows XP. Is booting from the CD the best way to do that? any other suggestions. Thanks
Jake

[Dillinger]

You can boot from the Windows install cd, go into repair mode and use fixMBR (not sure if that's the correct command, there will be a list) to reinstall the Windows bootloader.
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[oniony]

You can reinstall the Windows bootloader from the Recover Console which you can access from your Windows CD. You'll need to use the menu (I think you have to press an F-key) and select the Recovery Console option. After that use 'fixmbr' to reinstall the bootloader.

Hehe, Windows support on the Gentoo Linux forums

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/WINDOWSXP/home/using/productdoc/en/bootcons_fixmbr.asp

Paul

[mahir]

orrrrrrrr

u try to remember or find
what ur xp/dos/windows parition in linux terms. ie

/dev/hdaX

then when u enter
grub u do this

root (hdX,X) <<<this has to be ur XP/DOS/WINDOWS PARTITION

then do

chainloader +1

then type boot

it should boot into windows.
which will give you enough time
to go back into smindows and download the GRP gentoo LiveCD.


yes
we all love Gentoo
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[oniony]

[mahir]

if this is all u deleted...

if u deleted the partition with grub
put back in the live cd
make make it reiserfs

then go back to ur installation guide
install grub on that partition

then
go into ur /usr/src/linux dir
and do make dep make modules make modules_install make install

if you do it this way round, it should write the entry in grub.conf itself
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