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Guest
(I thought I'd posted this earlier but it appears not have gone through)
I had a dual boot linux and windows xp machine. that is until i decided to
get rid of linux. i removed the linux partitions and was then presented
something called grub on every subsequent startup, and i couldn't boot
windows.
i used the xp install cd to boot and selected recovery, and after a bit of
fun and gfames i ran fixmbr. the fun and games entailed the restore
seemingly doing an install, which ocnfused and worried me. during its
"recory" it complained about a number of files missing, so i had no choice
other than to ignore the warnings and continue.
eventually after finally finishing its "recovery" act, it booted and to my
releif windows started to boot. it took (and still does) a very long time to
progress from the "windows is loading" blue screen (just before the list of
log in users is presented). again to my releif the list of my user names was
presented, so i was in hope that everything would work as i'd expect.
unfortunately, xp now no longer recognises my agp ati radeon 9800 adapter,
it just thinks its a generic dispaly adapter. i can't update the display
drivers as windows complains. also, although all my data is in tact, i can't
run a num,ber of programs properly.
my display is now huge as i can't change the resolution easily as my ati
drivers won;t install. activesync won't recognise my phone, musicmatch won't
run properly and aborts, and orb won't start.
so my pc is not in a good place.
interestingly when i tried connecting my phone, it recognised it as new
hardware but then complained about a sys file that it couldn't find even
though it was in system32/drivers. so i selected the file in the said
directory and it stoppedcomplaining, although activesync still fails to
recognise my phone.
so, all in all, i seem to have gone a bit wrong. things like word still
run, as obviously does my browser and internet connection, but my pc is not
in a good place.
assistance would be very much appreciated. as mentioned also, my pc is
taking an inordinate amount of time on the blue "windows is starting" screen.
regards,
Dan
I had a dual boot linux and windows xp machine. that is until i decided to
get rid of linux. i removed the linux partitions and was then presented
something called grub on every subsequent startup, and i couldn't boot
windows.
i used the xp install cd to boot and selected recovery, and after a bit of
fun and gfames i ran fixmbr. the fun and games entailed the restore
seemingly doing an install, which ocnfused and worried me. during its
"recory" it complained about a number of files missing, so i had no choice
other than to ignore the warnings and continue.
eventually after finally finishing its "recovery" act, it booted and to my
releif windows started to boot. it took (and still does) a very long time to
progress from the "windows is loading" blue screen (just before the list of
log in users is presented). again to my releif the list of my user names was
presented, so i was in hope that everything would work as i'd expect.
unfortunately, xp now no longer recognises my agp ati radeon 9800 adapter,
it just thinks its a generic dispaly adapter. i can't update the display
drivers as windows complains. also, although all my data is in tact, i can't
run a num,ber of programs properly.
my display is now huge as i can't change the resolution easily as my ati
drivers won;t install. activesync won't recognise my phone, musicmatch won't
run properly and aborts, and orb won't start.
so my pc is not in a good place.
interestingly when i tried connecting my phone, it recognised it as new
hardware but then complained about a sys file that it couldn't find even
though it was in system32/drivers. so i selected the file in the said
directory and it stoppedcomplaining, although activesync still fails to
recognise my phone.
so, all in all, i seem to have gone a bit wrong. things like word still
run, as obviously does my browser and internet connection, but my pc is not
in a good place.
assistance would be very much appreciated. as mentioned also, my pc is
taking an inordinate amount of time on the blue "windows is starting" screen.
regards,
Dan