[abudahim]

recently, i installed mandrake 10.
then from windows xp i formatted the drive which mandrake was installed in.
but the boot loader screen of mandrake still there.
each time i turn on my pc, i have to select from this screen windows xp so it can starts up.

my question is how to get rid of this boot screen ?
thanks

[bpmurray]

You need to replace the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the drive with the correct XP version. If you boot using your XP install disk, it has a "repair" function, a.k.a. Windows XP Console. When this comes up, just type in "fixmbr c:" an it'll fix the MBR.

[abudahim]

okay, is there an easrier way to do this.
i mean something like a program which can do it. because i dont know how to get this windows disk.
thanks..

[saikee]

Use a DOS 6 or above floppy with fdisk.exe inside.

Boot it up and type

fdisk /mbr

If you haven't got such a floppy download one from bootdisk.com.

If you haven't got a floppy drive, download FreeDos and burn it into a CD, as it has fdisk.exe inside. Just do it same way as a DOS floppy.

Otherwise live with the MBR left by Mandrake. It couldn't harm you.

The problem is likely due to the partition being formatted and not the whole hard disk.