[mythtv-users] MythTV and the ION

[Tom Lichti]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So, does `fdisk /mbr` still do the magic in windows?
>>>
>> Probably, but first you have to boot Windows...
>
> Boot it from the install CD. Since XP they have a repair console from
> the install CD where you can run 'fixmbr' or 'fixboot' for this
> purpose. With the news install CD for Vista and Windows 7 you can just
> click a button to fix startup problem and it will fix it for you
> automatically. This is great for a single boot system, but I wouldn't
> let any of these tools loose on a multiboot system.

I had a similar problem and neither of the XP discs I had would boot
into the repair console (dunno why) so I had to google around until I
figured out how to accomplish the same thing within the grub shell.

Tom