Ditching the dual boot
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| Pikaporeon |
 Aug 19 2005, 04:48 PM
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Okay. Heres my current setup. Ive got an 80 GB master running windows XP, and an 8 GB slave dualbooting to Mandrake.
I want a new hard drive, and I feel i rarely use my Linux so il be taking that drive out. Do I need to delete the bootloader some how or will it be gone when I remove the drive? -------------------- A British company is developing small computer chips that can store music
in women's breasts. This is considered a major breakthrough since women complain about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them. |
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| amourdevin |
Aug 25 2005, 02:25 AM
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It depends whether the bootloader was installed in the MBR (master boot record) or the first sector of a partition and also which hard drive it was installed on.
Assuming the worst, you can use your Windows XP installation CD to restore its bootloader. See 'http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t292614.html |
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| Pikaporeon |
Sep 24 2005, 09:53 PM
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Advanced Curveball Champion! ...Then I Defy You, Stars Group: Private Member Posts: 426 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Canadia Member No.: 70 |
And now to find my windows XP CD to deal with the nasty string of 0s and 1s removing the slave got me
-------------------- A British company is developing small computer chips that can store music
in women's breasts. This is considered a major breakthrough since women complain about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them. |
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