[nflug] Getting my old Windows MBR back on my dual boot notebook

[Joe]

It was a long  shot.  I just couldn't think of any other reason for it
being broken.  Windows was factory installed and pre-updated at the
store before I installed Linux.  Then, obviously, I had to modify the
partitions to make room for Linux, but I didn't change their order, etc.
as far as I remember.

Any ideas as to what might have broken this?

Joe

Cyber Source wrote:
> I really really really doubt restoring the mbr will do anything to fix
> your hotkeys.
>
> Joe wrote:
>> I just read an article about installing Linux and grub without
>> trashing the windows mbr (as I did when I installed over a year ago).
>>
>> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/05/08/dual-boot-laptop.html?page=3
>>
>>
>> When I did the install, something (I'm guessing it was in the MBR)
>> killed my two fancy buttons for quick launch of DVD and Quicktime
>> players.  These buttons no longer work even under XP (dual boot) and
>> don't even show up as key presses under Linux (with xev).
>>
>> My computer comes with a restore partition, etc. and no software CD's
>> (although I have some backup CD's I made somewhere).
>>
>> Is there any way to get the MBR and whatever else was destroyed back
>> without doing a windows restore which will almost certainly wipe out
>> all of Linux and all of my windows customizations and additional
>> applications installs while putting back all sorts of junk I had to
>> manually delete?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Joe
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