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hi,
i hv installed fedora and windows 7 on my machine. but when i delete my fedora partition, then while booting, i get an error as GRUB LOADER MISSING. please help me to solve this problem......

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Deleting Fedora removed GRUB's configuration files but left GRUB's small loader in the Master Boot Record. On boot the loader cannot find its modules and drops the system with that message. The real fix is to restore the Windows boot environment: either put the Windows bootloader back into the MBR (BIOS/legacy systems) or restore the Windows Boot Manager on the EFI partition (UEFI/GPT systems).

Preferred, low-risk path: boot from a Windows 7 installation DVD or a System Repair Disc, choose "Repair your computer" and let Startup Repair run (run it twice). If the automatic repair does not work, open the recovery Command Prompt and recreate Windows boot information. Typical commands used from that prompt are:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bcdboot C:\Windows

Before running the commands confirm the correct Windows volume letter and, when needed, set the Windows partition active (use diskpart and list volume from the recovery prompt). On UEFI/GPT systems, mount the EFI system partition and use bcdboot to copy Windows boot files into the ESP instead of writing an MBR.

Do not use tools blindly: back up important data first, and be careful with diskpart (setting the wrong partition active can stop all booting). If restoring the Windows bootloader fails, recover files with a Linux live USB or Windows PE, then reinstall Windows or restore from backup. was heading in the right direction with repairing the boot record, but for Windows 7 systems the recovery media and the bootrec / bcdboot approach is more reliable than older DOS-era tools.

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reaching far back here... but i think the boot record is being pointed to wherever the GRUB was. i'd start by booting with a win98 boot disk to the DOS prompt (i use usb floppy drive), then using fixboot and/or fixmbr.

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