usb install killed windows (Repaired)

[joe_cool]

I was trying to instll puppy 108 to usb pen.
The first try did nothing.
So i did a search and found this comand to erase the drive
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=2
Now windows don,t boot on my dad,s laptop.
Help my dad will kill me when he find.s out.
What can i do to fix this????????

[darkerror05]

from what i can tell you just deleted windows. All you can to is reinstall

[sunburnt]

Yep; /dev/hda is the first hard drive, the first USB pen drive is /dev/sda

I'm real sure the dd command does a clean wipe, so most likley nothings left.

So sorry to hear about this, don't mess around in the terminal console if your a noob!

[darkerror05]

no just make sure not to use a command untill you know EXACTLY what it does.

[Flash]

How much of the drive did he erase? Maybe just the MBR, which can be replaced if he has the Windows installation disk.

[fluxit]

bs=512 count=2 should be 1024 bytes, just the mbr as you say Flash. What I would do is install grub to the mbr, then use grub to boot windows. After that you can do an "fdisk /mbr" or the equivalent.

--Lee

[Flash]

joe, you should probably discuss it here before you try to repair the damage.

[joe_cool]

Im all set my 12 year old brother used the xp cd and got windows to work
with out loseing any data.
I didnot know he was that smart.
Im going to have help me install puppy to my usb pen.
Thank,s to all for ther help

Joe

[raffy]

Hey, Joe, how old are you? We noticed a number of kids in the Forum and maybe you're one of them.

The XP CD can be used as rescue CD, and a menu of choices would appear, from which the user could choose to "fix MBR" (or something like that).

[joe_cool]

Hi Raffy im 14 will be 15 in 2 day,s.
I ll be on the foum more my dadis giveing me his laptop for my birthday.