CLARIFICATION: Re: remove linux, and then install Windows XP

[Zhao Peng]

Neil,

That's a good suggestion, Thank you.

I will try Windows installer disc on another machine when I get home 
tonight to see if it's in fact a good disc.

Zhao

Neil Schelly wrote:
> That would seem to indicate to me then that there's a problem with your 
> Windows CD.  Because GRUB was installed on your hard disk, it's still there 
> (until Windows wipes it).  But since you're seeing it with the Windows disc 
> in the drive, that suggests your BIOS is giving up on finding a bootable 
> image on that disc and is falling back to the next available boot method, 
> your hard disk.
>
> Have you tried that Windows installer disc in another machine to verify that 
> it is in fact a good disc?
> -N
>
> On Wednesday 26 April 2006 11:13 am, Zhao Peng wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> First I wanted to thank you all for your help. The list is so great.
>>
>> When I said "Then I put in Windows XP installation CD and restarted
>> computer" in my original post, I really meant that I booted the machine
>> from Windows XP installation CD.
>>
>> The CD/DVD drive is the 1st bootable drive. I double checked and
>> verified it in BIOS setting.
>>
>> So my problem, at this point, is that I can't boot into Windows
>> installation process, with that the CD drive set as the first bootable
>> drive and the Windows XP installation CD is there.
>>
>> BUT, if I put into Fedora Core 5 installation DVD in the CD/DVD drive,
>> the machine can get into Fedora installation mode.
>>
>> Please let me know if my description is not clear enough.
>>
>> P.S.
>>
>> Whenever I put Fedora Core 5 DVD in the CD/DVD drive, the machine always
>> boot into Fedora installation mode, which I believe, means that The
>> CD/DVD drive is 1st bootable drive. (well, could it be possible that
>> Hard drive is the 1st bootable drive but can't boot from it?), Correct
>> me if I'm wrong, please.
>>
>> Thank you again.
>>
>> BTW, Chris, I've NOT yet got Windows installed.
>>
>> Chris Linstid wrote:
>>     
>>> I could be wrong, but I think he already got Windows reinstalled, but
>>> he still has grub installed in the MBR and grub is looking for his
>>> /boot partition (which he already blew away)... thus the grub error.
>>>
>>>     - Chris
>>>
>>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Neil Schelly wrote:
>>>       
>>>> It seems you're getting a lot of help with the MBR, but that isn't
>>>> what you're
>>>> looking for.  You have/had Linux on there and want to install Windows
>>>> over it
>>>> instead.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, you just have to boot from the Windows install disc
>>>> and it
>>>> will be more than happy to just take over the hard disk regardless of
>>>> whether
>>>> or not your MBR or partition tables are clear.
>>>>
>>>> In your case, you said that instead of booting from the Windows
>>>> installer
>>>> disc, you saw a GRUB message instead of the Windows bootup.  That would
>>>> indicate to me that your BIOS is set to boot from the hard disk
>>>> before the
>>>> CD-ROM.
>>>>
>>>> So clearing your MBR will probably make the BIOS try and boot from
>>>> the hard
>>>> disk, fail, and then boot from the CD-ROM.  But you may find it a
>>>> whole lot
>>>> easier to tell your BIOS to look to the CD-ROM first.
>>>> -N
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