Reinstalling windows on a dual boot system (V P)

[sid]

Thanks guys..
I think i will try the option of using disk 1 of fedora installation this weekend...seems easiest to 
me. :)
sid
PS: i am using thunderbird mail client..and have subscribed to fedora-list digest...so i get mails 
in bundled form..i cannot reply to a particular mail..so i wrote a new mail and copied the topic and 
contents from the mail i wanted to reply to..i hope this mail goes into the same thread..(should do 
unless information is read from mail header and not just topic..)

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> 
> Subject:
> Re: Reinstalling windows on a dual boot system
> From:
> V P <list307 at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:14:08 +0530
> To:
> For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> 
> To:
> For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> 
> 
> On 6/1/05, sid <sid at winoble.com> wrote:
> 
>>I have Windows Xp prof and Fedora 3 installed on my laptop. I need to reinstall my windows xp cos
>>its showing its native behaviour..like system hang.. Now i read that if I reinstall windows..it will
>>overwrite my current boot loader(GRUB)..and then i will not be able to boot linux. Is there a way to
>>do it without losing my linux installation??
> 
> 
> ReInstalling windows will no doubt overwrite your grub, but it will
> not destroy your FC installation. There are two ways out of this
> problem.
> 
> 1. Once the installation of WinXP is complete, boot with Disk 1 of FC
> into the rescue shell, chroot to the installation and run
> 
>      $ grub-install /dev/hdX
> 
> replace X as applicable.
> 
> 
> 2. Before installing WinXP boot into your FC installation and as root
> run the command
> 
>      $ dd if=/dev/hdXX of=bootsect.bin bs=512 count-1
> 
> /dev/hdXX would be your /boot partition (or / if you don't have a
> separate boot). This will generate a file (bootsect.bin) of size
> 512KB. Save the file to a floppy. Once the installation of WinXP is
> complete, copy the file to c:\ and edit c:\boot.ini as follows.
> 
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
> c:\bootsect.lin="Fedora Core"
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> VJP
> 
> 
>