Hoffmann wrote: > In order to try to solve my previous problem (see the > posting below), I decided to delete my Fedora > partition by using the program Partition Magic. My > goal was after deleting the linux partition, reformat > it, and reinstall Fedora. However, after the deleting > process (and rebooting it to Windows), all I got was a > GRUB propmt: > > grub>_ > > This way, I cannot go back to Windows in order to > recreate the linux partition. I also cannot either > reinstall Fedora or restore Windows as it was when I > bought the machine. I don't follow you: why can't you reinstall Fedora? But if you have a Windows 95 or Windows 98 boot floppy, boot from it and run fdisk /mbr If you have a Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD, see for example http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldau.asp Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | As Tim switched off the engine, opened the driver's @westexe.demon.co.uk | door, undid his seat belt and fell out of the tree, | he decided that perhaps he didn't have the makings | of the best minicab driver. -- ISIHAC, BBC Radio 4