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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Major Help Urgently Needed!!!! Post 78302 by google on Monday 18th of July 2005 05:56:38 PM
Old 07-18-2005
Boot the machine into DOS mode, do not go into DOS from Windows. (I know you cant get into Windows but just thought I would reiterate this for those who stumble onto this in the future).

Anyway, from the DOS prompt, type fdisk /MBR. This is an undocumentated feature in DOS. For other undocumented features, see this link. fdisk /MBR will clear the master boot record. Once you've done this, you can drop you Windows CD back into your drive and do a fresh install.


Whoops. this assumes that you have DOS disks or have a way into DOS. Smilie
 

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mrd(1)							      General Commands Manual							    mrd(1)

NAME
mrd - mtools utility to remove a DOS directory SYNOPSIS
mrd msdosdirectory [msdosdirectories...] DESCRIPTION
The mrd command removes a directory from a DOS file system. If the directory is not empty, an error occurs. Unlike DOS conventions, this command allows multiple arguments. DOS subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '' separator are supported. If you use the '' separator or wildcards, you must enclose file names in quotes to protect them from the shell. The mcd command can be used to establish the device and the current working directory (relative to DOS), otherwise the default is A:. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Success. Failure. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of mrd: If set, this variable names the file that contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this variable is not set, the file $HOME/.mcwd is used. FILES
Contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this file does not exist, the default mtools working directory is A:. Executable file SEE ALSO
Commands: mcd(1), mmd(1), mtools(1) mrd(1)
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