Re: unable to boot from XP CD to reinstall
From: Geoffw (gwinnetSPAM_at_SPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 12/04/04
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:16:19 +1100
fixmbr
fixboot
to get rid of grub
"ElllisD" <ElllisD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> i tried that, and it acts like the cd-rom isn't detected.
it shows as
> installed iin bios, yet nothing...the old pc i got used to
have linux on it,
> and so far ive used the win98 bootdisk to reformat the
hdd, and i have bios
> set to boot from cd-rom, then floppy, then hdd. it never
tries the cd-rom,
> and if there's no floppy in, it goes to a blank screen w/
just a flashing
> cursor in the uppermost left corner. it used to do this
grub prompt before
> then i did fixmbr from the recovery console part in the 6
floppy boot
> method... ive reset cmos, and still the cdrom shows
installed and enabled yet
> it doesnt do anything but read the disk when its inserted.
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