Partition problem

[vilex]

I have an older computer (winxp) that I installed SUSE Linux on awhile back simply out of curiousity. I didn't like it so I deleted the partition it was on. I restarted my computer and instead of booting to windows there is now a command prompt like this :

grub>

And I don't know what to do.

Also, once I figure out this problem, is it possible to add back to the WinXP partition all the unallocated space I put into the Linux partition without having to format the Windows partition?

Any help would be very appreciated!

 

[IronDuke]

Try resetting the MBR with fdisk /mbr. Once you can start then it should be OK to just format the space with Disc Management,

 

[vilex]

Thanks for the reply, but I can't type anything DOS related into this grub> prompt. I don't know how I could input FDISK /MBR.

 

[IronDuke]

Sorry, should have said boot from a floppy.

 

[Nodsu]

You can boot Windows if you like by doing commands:
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
boot

You can fix the MBR by booting the recovery console from your Windows CD too.

 

[IronDuke]

You can boot Windows if you like by doing commands:
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
boot

Noted that thanks - good to know.

 

[vilex]

It worked! Thanks a lot both of you :grinthumb Now I just have to figure out how to retrieve all that unallocated space without having to format the windows partition. I read a similar thread on techspot and they recommended using partition magic to do that, so I'll see what happens.