[PLUG] OOPS - Need to recovery back to virgin Windows XP Boot
Kirk Goins
kgoins at aracnet.com
Sun Oct 4 22:19:06 UTC 2009
While trying a few things like trying Ubuntu desktop and server loaded
on a spare HD in my system... the drive is no longer a spare :(
My ASUS motherboard appears NOT for follow the BIOS setup info and
things are a little messy now.
I have IDE 320GB drive, a 320GB SATA drive and a SATA DVD in the system.
The system was booting off of the SATA HD running XP. I had setup a dual
boot to Ubuntu Desktop and then decided to look into Ubuntu Server. I
set the SATA HD to DISABLE. Set the IDE to the bootable HD after the DVD
and NO 3rd option was spec'd. I tried to bail ( unsuccessfully ) when I
thought it was going to nuke the SATA drive...
Now If I unplug the IDE the system will not boot, even after I spec the
SATA drive. With the SATA drive selected and the IDE plugged in I get
'2' boot screens
#1 is to pick one of the Ubuntu Server versions or XP. Then pops up the
selection for Ubuntu Desktop or XP. I want to get back to just the SATA
drive and XP. I was doing some reading and is it as simple as recovering
the MBR using XP? AFTER I backup all my XP stuff?
Thanks
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