Hi,
I have had vista installed for a while on my computer and recently decided to try dual booting ubuntu. Stupidly, after some time trying to get ubuntu running, I gave up and deleted the linux partition. This has left me with 'Grub' (the ubuntu linux boot loader) trying to load and not letting me run vista as it changes the mbr.
One of the reasons that i deleted the ubuntu partition was that it wasn't allowing me to boot into vista. It also wasn't allowing me to boot into ubuntu leaving me OSless
The ubuntu live CD works fine, but the vista installation CD does nothing, after :
verifying dmi pool data......
i get:
press any key to boot from cd......
i press a key and get a black screen and then the computer resets and starts afresh.....
Someone suggested that easybcd could do the trick, however, I've never used it before and really don't know where to start...can i make a bootable floppy and access my mbr like that?
Any help would be much appreciated, as I'm a bit of a noob when dealing with the more complex tinkering with windows and mbrs etc.
Cheers!
Tom
I have had vista installed for a while on my computer and recently decided to try dual booting ubuntu. Stupidly, after some time trying to get ubuntu running, I gave up and deleted the linux partition. This has left me with 'Grub' (the ubuntu linux boot loader) trying to load and not letting me run vista as it changes the mbr.
One of the reasons that i deleted the ubuntu partition was that it wasn't allowing me to boot into vista. It also wasn't allowing me to boot into ubuntu leaving me OSless
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The ubuntu live CD works fine, but the vista installation CD does nothing, after :
verifying dmi pool data......
i get:
press any key to boot from cd......
i press a key and get a black screen and then the computer resets and starts afresh.....
Someone suggested that easybcd could do the trick, however, I've never used it before and really don't know where to start...can i make a bootable floppy and access my mbr like that?
Any help would be much appreciated, as I'm a bit of a noob when dealing with the more complex tinkering with windows and mbrs etc.
Cheers!
Tom
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