Re: can't boot

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On 2/13/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mike Chalmers wrote:
> I have a problem where I deleted my linux partitions and turned them
> into NTFS using
> Partition Magic and now I get a grub command line with numerous
> options when I boot and I
> don't know how to get to Windows. I thought that I could delete my
> Linux partition, so that I could free up more space on Windows but it
> didn't work right. I really need to get to Windows.
>
If you have a bootable XP disk, boot to the Recovery Console and run
fixmbr. You may find http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 helpful.

The problem is that when you deleted the Linux partitions, you also
deleted part of Grub...

Mikkel
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Thanks alot, I will give it a try. I forget how to boot to the
recovery console, though. Don't I press something like F6 when the
time is right.


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