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Nick Spence
O.K. there's a story to this. You don't need to read all
of this, but to get a handle on the situation, you may
want to.
I had Win XP installed, and it worked great. But, I am
learning to use Linux. So, I used partition Magic, made a
new partition, set it as active (DUMB) and tried installed
Caldera Open Linux 2.2 (from an old mag). No luck. Now I
am stuck with a good win xp partition, that won't boot,
and a linux partiton with no os.
Euchered (sorry for typo ?)
So, I formatted the to be linux partition to NTFS, and
installed windows 2000 professional.
Great! now I can log into an OS!
After a few days of tinkering with win 2k (and backing up
stuff from win xp) I re-installed windows xp back onto the
partition it was on origionally.
Before I continue, note that I formatted the win xp
partiton, before installing it again.
Now, I have windows xp back, but windows 2k won't load.
I got an error saying NTLDR is missing (odly enough, right
as I was trying to install windows xp) so I ignored it and
installed xp, but, as I remember (from having this error
happen before) that NTLDR has something to do with windows
2k and the boot process.
So, I think... I may have screwed up my win2k partition,
not that it matters, because I have everything I need in a
folder on the win2k partition from backing up 2 DAYS AGO!
I'd love to get 2k and xp back and working normally as a
dual boot, if possible.
Post here (I will try to check it) or e-mail. Thanks.
militia(removethis)@sympatico.ca
of this, but to get a handle on the situation, you may
want to.
I had Win XP installed, and it worked great. But, I am
learning to use Linux. So, I used partition Magic, made a
new partition, set it as active (DUMB) and tried installed
Caldera Open Linux 2.2 (from an old mag). No luck. Now I
am stuck with a good win xp partition, that won't boot,
and a linux partiton with no os.
Euchered (sorry for typo ?)
So, I formatted the to be linux partition to NTFS, and
installed windows 2000 professional.
Great! now I can log into an OS!
After a few days of tinkering with win 2k (and backing up
stuff from win xp) I re-installed windows xp back onto the
partition it was on origionally.
Before I continue, note that I formatted the win xp
partiton, before installing it again.
Now, I have windows xp back, but windows 2k won't load.
I got an error saying NTLDR is missing (odly enough, right
as I was trying to install windows xp) so I ignored it and
installed xp, but, as I remember (from having this error
happen before) that NTLDR has something to do with windows
2k and the boot process.
So, I think... I may have screwed up my win2k partition,
not that it matters, because I have everything I need in a
folder on the win2k partition from backing up 2 DAYS AGO!
I'd love to get 2k and xp back and working normally as a
dual boot, if possible.
Post here (I will try to check it) or e-mail. Thanks.
militia(removethis)@sympatico.ca