Dual Boot problem
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I have got workstation have windows xp and linux 9. both are installed on different partitions as usual. My C drive having windows xp is infected with a virus which need to be formatted. i just want to confirm that would it effect dual boot of xp and linux if i format C: drive as it might have boot.ini file.Please reply me its urgent.
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I have got workstation have windows xp and linux 9. both are installed on different partitions as usual. My C drive having windows xp is infected with a virus which need to be formatted. i just want to confirm that would it effect dual boot of xp and linux if i format C: drive as it might have boot.ini file.Please reply me its urgent.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
No matter how botched up C: becomes, you will always be able to start the Linux-partition from a rescue CD. What I would do: Format C:, Install Windows, Reinstall GRUB/LILO/PARAGON or whatever BM you're using.
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I have got workstation have windows xp and linux 9. both are installed on different partitions as usual. My C drive having windows xp is infected with a virus which need to be formatted. i just want to confirm that would it effect dual boot of xp and linux if i format C: drive as it might have boot.ini file.Please reply me its urgent.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Boot into your Linux distro and make a backup of the Master Boot Record (MBR) from whatever disk/partition you are booting from. dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/sda of=/boot/mbr_bkup (assuming the active boot sector resides on sda and that you have a /boot partition) Now reformat, reinstall, and reboot into Linux. Now copy the MBR backup you made back to it's original location (the first 512 bytes on sda).
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I have got workstation have windows xp and linux 9. both are installed on different partitions as usual. My C drive having windows xp is infected with a virus which need to be formatted. i just want to confirm that would it effect dual boot of xp and linux if i format C: drive as it might have boot.ini file.Please reply me its urgent.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
I suggest making a backup copy of the mbr for the next time if it happens again.
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