LILO deletion on WIn XP

[Cerb]

well i just got a new puter with win XP and i downloaded linux mandrake 8.1 and put it on diskand installed it and i didnt like it so i deleted the partition and put it back to normal but when i still boot my computer it goes to the mandrake Option screen and it only gives u 5 secs to choose what OS i want to use i tryed that fdisk /mbr but it wont work on XP so it still Boots with LILO how do i Delete LILO with XP PLEASE HELP!!

[krohnjw]

Have you tried dropping to DOS with a 98/ME boot disk and fdisk /mbr? from the a:\prompt?

[DutchMaster]

I did the "fdisk /mbr" command two weeks ago and not only LiLo was gone but also the bootfiles for XP
Be sure you have made XP restore/emergency disks before proceeding.
This is only a problem when you were triplebooting before. Meaning after lilo is removed you still want to double boot.

Owh many people seem to use bootpart.exe
However I havn't got any experience with it.

[Cerb]

well when i go to my command prompt and type fdisk /mbr it says its a unrecognized command and i did make a boot disk but its a boot disk for XP maybe ill try and get a win 98 / me boot disk from my friends but do u guys got any other suggiestians i can get into DOS with my XP boot disk but im not to sure how i would put the win xp bootloader back to normal

[krohnjw]

Try a win 98/ME boot disk, since those will have all of the COM files. If u need to download it, I hosted the files in a zip for ya. Just unzip the files onto the disk and boot it. fdisk from a:\ and all should be fine.
Win 98 Boot Disk

[Germ]

I don't know about xp, but when you fdisk the Master Boot Record in 95 and 98, DOS re-writes the info to the boot sector when you re-boot back into Windows. That's how I removed lilo from my 98/2K setup after moving Mandrake to another box. I've used fdisk /mbr countless times and never had a problem. But, I have never used the command on xp. Use a Win98 boot floppy.

Germ

[Cerb]

well i downloaded that win 98 DOS and rebooted witht he disk but it said it cant boot to DOS but it says cannot boot DOS are u sure u can Boot a win 98 dos from XP?

[Germ]

I don't know why you can't. A windows 98 boot floppy, in my experience, will boot 95, 98, 98SE, Windows 2000, NT, Mandrake Linux, Red Hat Linux, and BeOS machines.

It should boot anything as long as the BIOS is set to boot from floppy first, because you are booting and running the OS on the floppy disk and not the Hard Drive. It should not matter what OS is installed on the machine.

Germ

[Cerb]

Ya man i dont know i saved it to my disk and rebooted my system and it said it cant run dos for some reason maybe theres a file missing or soemthing?

[Cerb]

who ever can help me and Has MSN Please add me to there MSN
six_man_army@hotmail.com thanxs