formatted hard disk as FAT32

After trying to format a USB thumbdrive, I got this error message when trying to boot: "NTLDR is missing". With a live Linux CD, I learned that I had formatted my entire hard disk to a single FAT32 partition.

Previously, the disk had an empty space at the beginning where a small hidden Dell utility partition used to be, and the rest was an NTFS partition.

Is there anything I can do to fix this? All the data is still there, but I don't know how to access it. My only tools are a Kubuntu 6.06 CD and a borrowed laptop with dialup internet access running Windows XP.

I got another hard disk, set it to master, and installed Windows XP on it. Then I copied my personal files from the borked disk with GetDataBack NTFS. It seemed like GetDataBack was able to detect the entire file system, and I haven't missed anything yet from my personal files.

Now I just have to figure out how to setup Windows XP. It won't detect my integrated audio or my graphics card, and standby is disabled. :( Maybe I'll just switch to Linux.

Thanks for the suggestions!