I have a dual boot pc in which i use winXP and Fedora core 7. Now i got linux boot loader because i installed it last. Now how i need to delite the linux partition, but i know that then I cannt boot in to computer, because there will no boot loader then. How can I reinstall windows native boot loader with out a complete XP install?
Use your XP distribution CD to repair the XP installation. Boot the CD, use 'R' for repair options. This will drop you into a command prompt running off the CD. It's not much use as it doesn't tell you what to do... but 'help' lists the commands it can do. The ones you want are 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot'. Just type them in by themselves... I used fixboot first and fixmbr second when I was trying to recover a broken XP system. They rewrite the boot loader and the MBR (the master boot record) back to the Microsoft standard ones. Neither command messed with the XP installation or it's data. That should put you back where you want to be. But it is good practice to back everything up before you do it just in case you type the wrong command or your PC has a non standard disk layout or ... anything else that can cause a problem and break your PC.
