Esther, well, thanks very much for that site!
It turns out though, that I didn't even need it, thankfully so, as
it was soooo complicated it made my head spin! lol!
This was the simplest fix in the world, and I didn't see it written
anywhere on the web. I simply looked in boot.ini and changed the two
references to the disk partition from 3 to 4. Now, I have no idea why
this should have changed, but apparently the Bootcamp partition got
renumbered. So I tried this on a lark, as I was thinking I'd need to
erase the partition and start again. So I'm sooo glad it worked!
woohoo!
It's interesting that I didn't find this fix anywhere as it seems
so simple and easy. In fact, everything I'd read basically suggested
gloom and doom, in the sense that once one screws up a Bootcamp
partition, by resizing or anything, that it's just useless and one
should just scratch everything and start again.
As I said though, thank you so much for that site though. Though
it's complicated I plan to revisit it as I'd learned a lot in the
short time reading it.
Have a great day and talk witcha soon!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 14, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Cara,
This is outside of my area of knowledge, but I think the problem it
that Windows (and BootCamp) requires the MBR (Master Boot Record) to
be in a specific location when there are multiple partitions on a
hard drive. This is one of the reasons why a lot of problems arise
from decisions to repartition a disk after the initial BootCamp
installation has been done, and a lot of early guides basically
said, think carefully about the sizes and parameters you want to set
up at the beginning.
Try looking at this web page: "Triple Boot via BootCamp" from the
OnMac.net Wiki and see whether it at least helps answers some of
your questions. You may still end up having to reinstall.
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 14, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Ben, no prob. It's a Windows error that is basically just as
cryptic and non-explicative as I'd suggested. I'll try to get you
the actual text when I can, (need sighted help for that) but for
now, from memory, it said only that Windows had encountered an
error and couldn't load.
This was when booting into the BC partition. It was a form of blue
screen.
Now, as I'd already said, in the 'little information' I gave, this
only occurred after I'd resized a completely unrelated partition
and left the BC one alone.
I suspect this has to do with OSX rewriting the partition table
after Bootcamp had done so but am not sure. If this is the case,
I'd think there'd be a way to repair this from the Windows install
app or some such. -But that might be too logical / optimistic of
me?… lol!
Unfortunately, there just isn't any other info to give you, so my
apologies but it's as nebulous as it seems. lol! Even disc util
that warned me about the possible boot trouble didn't explain
itself. Nor did BootCamp. I'm also Googling this and as well,
have only run into more vague allusions to non-related Bootcamp use
so really, I'm still in the clouds here on this one.
Thanks though for taking time to respond.
Have a great day!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 14, 2008, at 7:47 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote:
I'd have to agree with the previous 2 replies based on what little
information you gave.
What does the error actually say and is it a bootcamp or windows
one?
On 14/12/2008, David Poehlman <[email protected]
> wrote:
To restore windows on your partition, first, erace it through
bootcamp.
then, install it again.
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