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Hi, Thanks for the quick response. > > Hi, > > I have a Dell Dimension 8100 with a dual boot on Windows ME and Red > > Hat > > Linux 9. As of this morning, the Windows ME partition is failing to > > load. btw, Linux partition is loading fine. Both are two separate > > hard disks. > > I have two questions: > > 1. Is there any way I can bypass the dual boot mechanism to go into > > the DOS partition and run chkdsk to find if the disk is corrupted? > > let me know, >You can reset the MBR. >If you have a bootable DOS disk, run fdisk /mbr >In Linux: >dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 >This will clear your MBR, but make sure you have a way to boot Linux. >Both Red Hat and Suse have built-in rescue systems on their install >media. I do have a bootable DOS disk, and I presume clearing MBR will mean that I will lose the dual boot option. I have grub for dual boot and I dont know how to ensure that I can put it back on. Or am I completely off base? thx and regards, -kalyan _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/
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