Linux MBR on NTFS = BAD!

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Hi ppl,
An accident hapenned to me... I installed Mandrake 10.1 on my disk
but I accidentely located the bootloader (grub) on my windows (ntfs)
partition [not c(hda1), but d(hda4)]. Since that time it's not
accesible anymore. Any tips how to get it back working ? Thank you !

Btw: Partition Magic reports that my inaccesible disk is now "Type 07"
instead of "NTFS".
 
NTFS has a backup of filesystem metadata some quarter way into the disk. Windows disk check should be able to fix it (or any other disk recovery software). You can use the recovery console from your Windows XP CD.
 
NTFS disk:
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xxxNTFS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx disk read error occurred
NTLDR is missing NTLDR is compressed Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

disk data


My disk:
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xx GRUB xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxGRUB Geom Hard Disk Read ErrorxDR is compr
ressed xx Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart xxxx

disk data


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So the problem is what to put there for 'x'
The other working NTFS partitions i tried
are different in those x. I don't know what
data they represent, so the problem is that
a clean format can probably only tell me what
to put there... ;-)
 
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