re: Can't get Windows XP to start
Monday, September 1, 2003 at 1:53 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Fredrik Kant
(1 messages posted)
Thanks for the tip, it also worked for me.
My problems occured when I used PartitionMagic 8.0 and tried to to create a new partition
for installing Linux. I recived an error but the partitions were there so I installed
Linux (that worked fine).
When I then tried to boot XP I got the described error.
Unfortunatly did I first tried to fix the problem by creating repear disketts from
MS (because it is a known bugg that you can't use the re-installtion cd and use option
R, because it doesn't accept a given adminstrator password) and tried to used the
disketts. That didn't solve the problem so I used Google and find your tip.
But as you mentioned, it is important to check the
/boot/grub/grub.conf file to get write divice info.
On Friday, February 28, 2003 at 5:35 pm, sanlihe wrote:
>The hidden Windows partition is easy to fix.
>Just run 'grub' from /boot, provided you have installed
>this partition.
>type: unhide (hd0,0)
>If you're not sure the device name required by 'unhide',
>check /boot/grub/grub.conf
>
>Restart and Windows will boot.
>
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