bootloader

[ear]

i 'tried' to install redhat linux on my external
harddrive to no success (long story, long long story).
well anyways, none of the bootloaders linux installed
worked on my system. so i was stuck with a bootloader
that didnt work, so i couldnt boot into linux or my
windows xp. so i want to forget about linux and go back
to the regular ways of windows xp. how can i overwrite
the bootloader (or however you want to say it)? i put in
my windows xp restore cd and choose to reinstall windows
files but keep all data i installed since then. how can i
use the bootloader from windows? by the way, if you know
about linux it keeps trying to load GRUB. i dont know if
that will matter, how can i boot to windows now? i need
to change the bootloader!!!!!

[buggs]

boot from a floppy if you can and at the a prompt try format /mbr and see if
that works. What happens is linux installed a boot loader as you know and
it's in the mbr, that's the master boot record which i think stores the boot
loader information, but im not sure. but doing a format /mbr might work and
fix it.


"ear" > wrote in message
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> i 'tried' to install redhat linux on my external
> harddrive to no success (long story, long long story).
> well anyways, none of the bootloaders linux installed
> worked on my system. so i was stuck with a bootloader
> that didnt work, so i couldnt boot into linux or my
> windows xp. so i want to forget about linux and go back
> to the regular ways of windows xp. how can i overwrite
> the bootloader (or however you want to say it)? i put in
> my windows xp restore cd and choose to reinstall windows
> files but keep all data i installed since then. how can i
> use the bootloader from windows? by the way, if you know
> about linux it keeps trying to load GRUB. i dont know if
> that will matter, how can i boot to windows now? i need
> to change the bootloader!!!!!