On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 09:38 +0100, lorenzo.sandini@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > Moving my FC4 install to a bigger machine, and recycling the old computer to > be a windows xp desktop computer. > > Booted from the WinXP CD, formatted the whole drive, and hoped the MBR would > be overwritten and clean, but it is not. > > On reboot, I am offerend to choose between Win XP and "former OS", which > obviously needs nowhere. > > fdisk /mbr doesn't do a thing. How can I get rid of the reference to the > former OS in the boot menu ? I know I can edit the boot.ini, but is there any > trace of FC4 on the HDD that needs to be cleared ? > > Lorenzo > boot to console in repair mode and run fixmbr That rewrites the MBR with the ntloader active.
