If I erase Linux partition, will it mess up my Master boot record?

[Zaosyn]

If I erase my Linux partition will it mess up my master boot record with Windows?

[taurus]

Yip since GRUB can't find /boot/grub/menu.lst. Therefore, you need to boot your machine with Windows CD and fix MBR so you can boot from Windows again.

[xpod]

Just use the recovery console of your XP cd to do a"fixmbr"
Or if you dont have an XP cd get a 98 bootdisk or similar with the fdisk utility on it and do a
"fdisk /mbr".

That should do the job:)

EDIT:Taurus is always so much quicker than me.:-)

[Malibu Illusion]

If you're running a bootloader such as GRUB, obviously it will not run because you'd be deleting it.

You can restore the Windows MBR by loading up a Windows XP disk, opening up a recovery console and typing: fixmbr.

If you can't do that, you may want to check MbrFix application:

http://www.sysint.no/en/Download.aspx

Documentation:

http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm

Take care.