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Old 09-10-2003, 09:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
mack
 
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Unhappy Windows XP Pro and Linux problem :(

I dont have much time, as my laptops battery is dying.

So here is a briefing of what happened:
Yesterday I install Mandrake Linux next to my Windows XP (Partitions).

I go to boot up Windows, I get:
NTLDR is missing
Press any key to restart.

So far, I've dug up a old floppy drive out of the dust and replaced boot.ini,
in RECOVERY CONSOLE I did copy E:\i386\NTLDR C: and this worked, but didn't fix my problem.
I did fixboot, and fixmbr.

No work.

I replaced my boot.ini with a new one. No work.

Windows picks the partition up as PARTITION1 (FAT)
Linux picks it up as PARTITION1(NTFS).

I personally think the Windows logo and the Linux Pengiun got into a fight.. and beat each other up

Anyway, if you guys can help without making me FORMAT then I'll be happy as I'm trying to NOT format because I'm getting a new HD soon (tuesday? wednesday?)

Okay I got 2 minutes left on battery.. please help! Thanks
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