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[BC_Programmer]

couldnt he just pressed F12, boot to the xp cd and then the recovery console. From there run fixboot and then fixmbr

Well, it's all said and done now, but that's pretty similar to what I suggested in a later post (with the rc.iso)

[mario21lv]

oh i see, seemed a lot easier that burning iso's and basically going the extra mile..... but if it works why not.

[BC_Programmer]

oh i see, seemed a lot easier that burning iso's and basically going the extra mile..... but if it works why not.

True, but most visitors don't have an XP CD at all; Not sure if the edgeracer87 did, either since they say they bought another copy. Anyway, the rc is really just for getting into the recovery console for those unfortunately souls that don't have a true blue XP CD that can get them into the RC.

It doesn't help when the helpers don't agree on how to proceed, either!    

[Allan]

couldnt he just pressed F12, boot to the xp cd and then the recovery console. From there run fixboot and then fixmbr

The problem has been solved.