Creating linux and windows partions in the same disk

Hello.

I was having trouble installing windows on my computer and then I did
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1 bs=512
It deleted my partition table and the windows instalation
started without any problems. But after editing my partition table with
cfdisk, the instalation of windows doesn't even start (it locks on a
black screen after some message about trying to identify my computer).

I think windows probably doesn't recognize the partition table format
and locks for some reason. Are there any tools I could use to make my
partition table compatible with windows and linux? Any other ideas on
how I could solve this problem will be apreciated.

I'm not sure this is the right newsgroup, if there's a more apropriated
one, please tell me. As it is a windows and linux issue I thought I
could post it on a unix or windows newsgroup. Since I don't have
windows instaled I think any solutions have to come from a unix
program, so I posted this here.

Thank you for your attention,
Rafael
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