On Tuesday 21 September 2004 20:28, Marc wrote: > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 08:07 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > 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. > > Been there, done that, yesterday. Here is the latest game plan. I > am going to use a floppy for the master boot record. If that works I > may try it putting the MBR on the root partison or perhaps creating a > seperate partison for the MBR. I cant remember what all the options > for the MBR are at the end of the ML install. Hell I never needed to > . The defalt setting always worked UNTIL NOW. > My best guess at this point is that maybe XP does not like sharing > the first sector of the Hard disk with anything else, juest a guess. > Thanks for your suggestions. > > Marc Sounds reasonable, have fun. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org
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