X100e restore mbr for windows 7

Hi all,
due to playing around with Linux I deleted my mbr.
Is there a way to restore the mbr? Is there a tool to fix that?
I tried using the Thinkvantage Recovery Tools, but what they want to do is to restore the whole system. But I just need a fix for the Master Boot Record.
I Know from using Dell´computers, that Dell delivers a bootable CD from which you can start a recovery console and issue the command bootrec /fixmbr.
Any ideas?
Kr
Tim

I Know from using Dell´computers, that Dell delivers a bootable CD from which you can start a recovery console and issue the command bootrec /fixmbr.
Any ideas?
Not dell computers, this is the command you can use from any plain win 7 / win vista installation media.
BTW you can also use what I linked on message 4 here
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Factory-Restore-using-F11-at-boot-doesn-t-work...

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