On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:15 -0800, Noah wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:49:14 -0700, Craig White wrote > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 20:44 -0700, oldman wrote: > > > > > 2) Possibly you have blown out the NT bootloader by, for instance, > > > installing grub to > > > /dev/hda1 > > > This is the worse case as the only way I know to get it back is to > > > re-install windows > > > (if you choose to do this you may be able to save your files if you > > > choose not to format > > > and partition your drive). > > ---- > > whoa - if it comes to this, ask the list. There is an easier way to > > 'FIXBOOT' on Windows > > > > Hi there, > > here is what my fdisk is showing me. do I need to get windows XP to fix > itself somehow? I really dont know what to do at this point. > > --- snip --- > > # fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 36482 293041633+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > Disk /dev/hdb: 300.0 GB, 300090728448 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 14 36483 292945275 8e Linux LVM ---- Boot your Windows XP cd - choose 'Recovery mode' - (Console) choose the Windows installation and put in the administrator password then type FIXBOOT exit Windows should boot after that. Craig
