MBR

[Norman Silverstone]

> >> > Just to finalise - removed the MBR and the problem disappeared.
> >> >
> >> Norman, please clarify how this was done. Will appreciate your letting 
> >> us know. We can learn something too.
> > 
> > I am starting with 2 HDDs in my nachine one of which has Ubuntu 9.10,
> > which I use and the other had at one time also had a version of Ubuntu
> > installed on it and it was this HDD on which I wanted to install XP Pro.
> > This is what I did:-
> > 
> >   1. Disconnect the Ubuntu drive
> >   2. Boot an Ubuntu live CD
> 
> Open gparted and format/modify as necessary.
> 
> You could have done the same via the Ubuntu drive before you
> disconnected it. :-)
> 
I am sure I could but, knowing me, I would probably make a wrong choice
and ruin my good HDD. Better be safe than sorry.

Norman