If you erase the partition containing /boot, you will break GRUB. Boot off a XP recovery CD and run fixmbr to replace the MBR before running Partition Magic.

I have 2 hd's, 40gig running Winxp/win2k and a 20gig running Linux RH. I want to remove the 20 gig and replace it with an 80gig. The problem is LILO. I know that format/mbr removes it, but will it ...

It doesn't matter whether you're test driving Linux or installing Windows—making a bootable drive is an annoying process. What if you could format a hard drive for booting once and then simply drag ...

Portability is a huge advantage that Linux enjoys over most other desktop operating systems as most major distros work very well when installed to a flash drive. However, there are still machines in ...