Arduin Uno as ISP to burn Bootloader to Mega 2560

To burn bootloader to Arduino MEGA 2560 using Arduino Uno as ISP, connect Uno & MEGA as shown:

PC is connected to Uno.

- Program Uno as ArduinoISP
> Select board of Uno
> Select programmer of AVRISP mkII
> File > Examples > ArduinoISP > ArduinoISP
> Upload

- Now we are going to program MEGA, the Uno act as Arduino as ISP.
> Select board of MEGA
> Select programmer of Arduino as ISP
> Tools > Burn Bootloader

As shown in this video:

Arduino ISP

The Arduino ISP (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoISP) is a tiny AVR-ISP (in-system programmer) based on David Mellis' project FabISP (http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/projects/fabisp/). With this programmer you can upload sketches and burn the bootloader on any AVR based boards, including Arduinos. By uploading a sketch with an external programmer you can remove the bootloader and use the extra space for your sketch. The Arduino ISP can also be used to burn the Arduino bootloader, so you can recover your chip if you accidentally corrupt the bootloader. Burning the bootloader is also necessary when you use a new ATmega microcontroller in your Arduino, and you wish to use the bootloader to upload a sketch via the USB-Serial connection.

For more details about using the Arduino ISP please visit the Getting Started page.