Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread Steven Shiau
Dan, Maybe you can try to boot the machine with MS Windows XP installation CD, enter recovery mode (by pressing F10 key in MS XP, for example), then in the console, run "fixmbr" to fix it. Maybe another command "fixboot" will help, too. For more info, refer to http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread albinootje
Dan Carl wrote: > >> my friends were happy, >> i don't know whether xp-installation-cdrom has a repair option, >> but i assume it does, you could try the same >> > Yes it does. I tried that already, the problem doesn't seem to be with the > Windows install. > Its somewhere before maybe boot loader

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread Dan Carl
> my friends were happy, > i don't know whether xp-installation-cdrom has a repair option, > but i assume it does, you could try the same > Yes it does. I tried that already, the problem doesn't seem to be with the Windows install. Its somewhere before maybe boot loader or MBR:( Dan ---

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread albinootje
Dan Carl wrote: > Still no luck I copy the MBR with dd reported it copied 446 bytes. > > Any thing else I can try? a few days ago i helped some friends with an old computer with w2k where the power-supply "burnt out" they bought a new computer, we installed linux on the new hard-disk, but they

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread Dan Carl
> -Original Message- > From: Steven Shiau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 10:39 AM > To: Dan Carl > Cc: clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating > system" xp, drive close to dead > > > > Dan Carl

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread Steven Shiau
Dan Carl wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Steven Shiau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dan Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] "error loading operating system" xp, drive > close to dead > > > > Dan, > > Another optio

[Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

2008-08-22 Thread Dan Carl
- Original Message - From: "Steven Shiau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dan Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead > Dan, > Another option you could try is "-t1", which wil