Quoting Paolo Bonavoglia <paolo.bonavoglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Two days ago i installed FC2 on a PC wich had Windows XP installed in > the first partition and FC-1 on the remaining HD space (about 20G). I > choose a brand new installation deleting the old one of FC1. > > When I started Druid for re-partitioning the HD a strange message > appeared telling something like "There is a problem in the partition > table which is not congruent with the BIOS geometry; this can cause > problems with bootloader, but the problems are fixable". (but it didn't > say how) > > The PC is just a client in a network and doesn't contain any valuable > information, so I carelessly continued the installation, activating the > GRUB boot-loader etc.etc. > > Bad news came at the end of installation: FC2 works perfectly, but > Windows XP is no more usable; if I select Windows from the GRUB menu the > PC hangs up. > > Worst of all: I tried to reinstall Windows XP from the originale > Microsoft CD, installation begins normally, I choose the old partition, > reformat the partition, installation files are copied, but when Windows > XP restarts the computer the first time, the computer hangs with an > error message like: "can not load operating system". > > I tried everything I can guess, I even deleted all partition from the HD > with fdisk, recreated new partitions, restarted the XP installation > process, but it ends up the same way: at the first reboot the PC can not > load any operating system. > > Seems the PC can not find the first partition or the partition table. > > I looked in the BIOS also but didn't find any useful tool. > > On the other hand if I install FC2 everything goes well and FC2 works > perfectly!! > > Hope someone can help me to get out of this nightmare!! > > -- > > Paolo Bonavoglia > > Liceo Classico "Marco Foscarini" > Cannaregio 4942 30131 V E N E Z I A > Pagine Web http://www.liceofoscarini.it/ Paolo - I am not sure, but I think that sounds like a Master Boot Record problem with XP - Grub or whatever bootloader you used probably over wrote it, and I would guess that XP can't handle that. If all else fails, it will probably kill your FC2 install, but boot off a floppy (even a Windows 98 one would do) and run: fdisk /mbr That will reset your master boot record, and should allow you to setup Windows again. Hope that helps! cya, Joey --Joey Kelley, Fedora Newbie-- "If David beat Goliath, Linux should kick Microsofts butt!"
