On Tuesday 21 September 2004 18:22, Marc wrote: > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 05:53 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 17:18, Marc wrote: > > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 01:37 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 12:09, Marc wrote: > > > > snip > > > > > > Reinstall XP. Insert CD1 run an update not a reinstall of mdk > > > > and you should be ok. > > > > > > I just tried that and still get the same black screen when > > > trying to boot into windoze. also tried inserting Mandrake disk > > > 1, using the F1 option, typing rescue and using the restore MBR > > > option. Still no joy. The good news is that mandrake still works > > > well. > > > Marc > > > > Windows XP didn't reinstall. Did the system reformat while > > reinstalling XP this should be done because you have a defective > > file in the windows part. > > Yep I did the windows format ruteine. Not the quick format but the > full format. I have had this problem several times before on this > machine and the only way that I have been able to get winsux back up > and running is to do a full low level format using the zero fill tool > from seagate and then doing the winsux reinstall. I have done dual > boot installations with XP and ML before and NEVER had this kind of > problem!!! Maybe I should mention that this is a brand new XP cd > that I am using. It is supposed to have service pack 1 allready > installed on it. This is starting to make me wonder if the folks at > microsux have not found a way to take something bad and make it > worse. > > > The update dosen't need rescue mode but is probabley dosen't > > hurt to use it. I would just take defaults untill I had the option > > to select update/install and then select update. > > Yep I tried that. After that did not work I tried the rescue mode. > > By the end of the night the XP disk may become a target for rifle > practice at 200 yards. > > Thanks > Marc That would be more fun. The only suggestion I would have is to do a low level format and partition with the mdk CD1 using expert mode and define all partitions making Wind$usks the 1st partition. Then install windows XP and make sure it works. Then install mdk and if windows quits working have fun at the range. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org
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