how do i look at autoexec.bat???
by the way, if someone thinks they know how to solve my problem, then can
they give me their icq number or some sort of online contact
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
>Sam....sounds like you need to look at the contents of
>autoexec.bat in the root directory of your win9x C: drive and if
>it has anything suspicious in it rename it to autoexec.txt and
>then try rebooting.
>
>Alan
>
>
>Sam Junge wrote:
>>
>> the linux partition is deleted, but when i put the windows 98 boot disk
in,
>> what should i do? i typed fdisk/mbr, and i guess it runs. It takes me
back
>> to the c drive, how do i run windows from there, because i have to ctr
alt
>> del to get the system shutdown, and when it boots up into windows, it
>> continually recognizes the PartitionMagic dos program to delete partition
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't let me run windows
>>
>> > Sam....during the installation of Partition Magic you were
>> > supposed to make a pair of floppies. Disc 1 of that pair is
>> > self booting and asks for disc 2 during the boot process. I
>> > assume that when you were prompted do do this step (making the
>> > floppies) during your installation of Partition Magic you
>> > refused/skipped the process.
>> >
>> > There are directions in a read.me type file on the CD of how to
>> > make those very same floppies when you don't have a windows
>> > machine to install Partition Magic on. You need to find these
>> > directions and make the floppies and boot your system with them
>> > which brings up a dos version of Partition Magic.
>> >
>> > Then using Partition Magic, you need to make the dos partition
>> > ACTIVE. Window will not boot unless it is on the only ACTIVE
>> > partition on the drive. Linux, however doesn't care one way or
>> > another about ACTIVE partitions. Anyway then your windows
>> > system should again be able to boot.
>> >
>> > If it still doesn't boot then you also need a windows boot
>> > floppy with a copy of fdisk.com on it. After booting to dos
>> > with the windows boot floppy, type fdisk /mbr after which
>> > the windows system should finally boot.
>> >
>> > Good luck.
>> >
>> > Alan
>> >
>> >
>> > > Sam Junge wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I
>> > > included
>> > > all the details, so please take the time to read it :
>> > > I bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of
>> > > PartitionMagic as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed
>> > > Partition and BootMagic on my NEW Windows 98 computer, then
>> > > installed Linux. I felt I
>> > > did not do the best job of installing Linux, so I decided to
>> > > delete the
>> > > partition I created. There was an option in the PartitionMagic
>> > > folder
>> > > to start a dos program that would delete my Linux partition. I
>> > > did so,
>> > > and when the computer re-booted the program came up, and I
>> > > followed the
>> > > directions to delete the partition. I assumed it had worked,
>> > > but when
>> > > the computer came up again, the partition was deleted but it
>> > > would go
>> > > into that same PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window
>> > > to click
>> > > ok that said "The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That
>> > > operating
>> > > system partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots
>> > > and does
>> > > the same thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO???? I tried getting fdisk,
>> > > autoexec.bat and a few other things from a different win98
>> > > computer and
>> > > putting them on a disk. I also did a sys a: from another
>> > > computer onto that disk and put them onto my new computer.
>> > > This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing
>> > > fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either
>> > > doesn't recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is
>> > > no windows directory at c, so I can't really run anything.
>> > > People have told me to get a win98 boot disk, but I don't have
>> > > one / know how to make one. What should I do ??? I can't run
>> > > windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this problem
>> > > before,
>> > > please give me a detailed solution.
>> > > THANKS, Sam
