[CentOS] Windows XP fixmbr from Centos?

[Robert Moskowitz]

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:29:01 +0100:
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>> I am still dead on my corporate system, and the XP boot CD I brought 
>> won't boot.  And so far I have not found anyone here at the IETF meeting 
>> that happens to have one in their bag of tricks...
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> If this is an XP system and the MBR set by XP, then you can boot with the 
> (any!) XP CD/DVD into the rescue console and use fixmbr command. 
I know that, but so far I have not found anyone here at the IETF meeting 
that has one.  I mean, who carries such a CD with them to a week-long 
meeting?  I have a couple of options to pursue still.  LIke the network 
helpdesk vendor who is local...

> However, 
> you indicated earlier there is some encryption in place, I don't know if 
> that is already in effect at MBR level. If it is, this method or the one 
> mentioned in the article won't help.
>   
My corporate tech guy told me the first step is to get a standard XP mbr 
back on the system, and then he believes he can talk me through getting 
the encryption working again.
> Kai
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