Accidently installed MBR to external hard drive

[Interflop]

I somehow installed a MBR to my external hard drive and now it's conflicting with my main hard drive and OS. If I start up with the external hard drive on it hangs after the splash. If I start up without it turned on I blue screen and restart. How can I get rid of the MBR on my external hard drive?

 

[evongugg]

I would hook it up to a Linux computer or load a Linux LiveCD (maybe Knoppix would work), copy the contents to another drive and re-partition it.
If you have a Mac, that would probably work too.

 

[sandmanwn]

remove external
boot to windows cd
repair console
fixmbr

a google search for remove mbr will turn up plenty of useful tools and commands to delete the mbr from the external.

 

[evongugg]

If you follow sandmanwn instructions, you may be able to boot into Windows and you may be able to copy the files and re-partition the drive after Windows is loaded.
I am concerned about the boot drive changing partition type.

 

[sandmanwn]

indeed, it can sometimes be a crap shoot with fixmbr.