Can not install WindowsXP after uninstalling Fedora Core Test 3

[Saint]

Why?
I used to installing dual boot system of Windows ME and XP.
After uninstalling Fedora, I can only install Windows ME/98, but can not install XP, after reboot, the system prompts me "No Operationg System".

Fedora had done something on my hard drive, I used windows recovery console to FIXBOOT and FIXMBR, but the problem still unsolved.

Anyone can help me to bring my hard drive back to original condition ?

[Ivan Seeking]

Have you used your two free incidents per MS purchase with Microsoft? I had a similar serious problem a while back with Partition Magic - I lost all three operating systems. After Partition Magic Tech support gave up, I spent about a full day on the phone with MS tech support; no charge. It was applied to my original purchases of XP and Win2000.

[Saint]

what can you help me to solve this problem?

[Ivan Seeking]

I'm definitely not the best choice. If no one else can help here I may be able to offer a few suggestions.

If you have a valid copy of XP you should be able to get support through Microsoft.

[phreak]

ME is one of the only OSes that do not allow you to install XP dually.

This isn't a progressive post, but I'm pretty sure it's impossibly unless you deleted ME from your system.

[Saint]

No, I installed ME and XP together before, no problem.
No I need help to restore my HDD back to original factory setting.

[Saint]

somebody suggested this solution for me
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1049360#post1049360

[Saint]

My way of sorting out the MBR mess:


boot from Fedora Core 1 (not 2) boot CD into linux rescue mode

chroot /mnt/sysimage

sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda

reboot

boot from Fedora Core 1 boot CD again

chroot /mnt/sysimage

grub-install

reboot

[Saint]

No problem now after I used maxtor's program to fix it.

[dduardo]

I would have typed this in dos:

fdisk /mbr