re: problem with dual boot (Win XP and Mandrake 8.2) Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 10:57 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Skoob (41 messages posted) You're gonna need the WinXP cd to pull this off: insert the xpcd in your D: drive cdrom, reboot the computer (make sure you have cdrom set to boot first in your BIOS), let the cd run until you get to "Welcome To Setup" message, hit your "R" key on your keyboard, this will take you to the recovery console (kinda like DOS), select your setup type, then, if it asks for it, type in your Administrator password (if you don't have one, or didn't create one, just hit Enter), you will arrive at a C:\> prompt. At this prompt, type: chkdsk /r and hit Enter. When this process is finished, (it may take awhile), eject the xpcd and reboot. You should be able to get back into windows xp. Good luck! On Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 8:19 pm, ywxf wrote: >I encountered the problem when I tried to do dual boot Win XP and Mandrake 8.2 > >1.) Format the whole hard drive C: (80 GB). >2.) Install Win XP on the hard drive C:. >3.) Install Mandrake 8.2 >4.) Reboot computer. Show boot window >5.) If I choose linux, the linux will boot fine. However, if I choose NT (which is >Win XP), the blue screen shows up with the following error message. >***************************************** >A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage your >computer > >UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME > >If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. >If this screen appears again, follow these steps: > >Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is >a new installation, ask your hardware and software manufacturer for any windows updates >you might needs. > >If problems continue, disable or remove any nearly installed hardware or software. >Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe >mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, Press F8 to select Advanced >startup options, and then select safe mode. > >Technical information >***STOP: 0x000000ED (0x81F87948, 0x000014F, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) > >***************************************** > >I tried almost every way above except disabling BIOS memory options such as caching >or shadowing because I could not find them in my BIOS., but I still could not get >it worked. > >Please help. Thanks in advance. Written in response to: problem with dual boot (Win XP and Mandrake 8.2) (Wei: Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 8:19 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] problem with dual boot (Win XP and Mandrake 8.2) (Wei: Wed, Jun 5, 2002, 8:19 pm) re: problem with dual boot (Win XP and Mandrake 8.2) (Skoob: Wed, Jun 5, 2002, 10:57 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum