Bummer... I busted the MBR. :(

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

>> get the 446-byte boot record from somewhere and dd it to /dev/sda
I LIKE THIS IDEA!!!   :)
Are you telling me that I can just grab those 446 bytes from *ANY* WinXP 
box, copy them to my MBR and the laptop will boot?  8)
That's a pretty "un-risky" proposition...   :)
Thanks!
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Matt Graham writes: 

> From: "kitepilot at kitepilot.com" <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
>> I went and installed Kubuntu 9.10 (which uses GRUB 2) on the flash
>> drive and forgot to tell the thing to leave /dev/sda alone...  
>> 
>> Now the machine only boots from the flash drive.
>> My plan is to backup the 512 bytes of the MBR and (MOST IMPORTANT!)
>> the partition table and use "something" (insert cloud of ignorance
>> here) to rebuild the windoze boot record. 
> 
> Run FIXMBR or FDISK /MBR from a 'Doze boot CD.  Failing that, get the
> 446-byte boot record from somewhere and dd it to /dev/sda .  There's
> actually no need to do anything with the partition table here. 
> 
>> Can I trust whichever tool I use (and hope you will tell me) to
>> leave the partition contents alone or [had] I better dd the whole
>> 250GB of /dev/sda somewhere else in case *IT* happens?
> 
> There will be no need to back up things if you use the tools in the
> previous paragraph. 
> 
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