Homer Shimpsian wrote:
>
> What's the best way to fix a busted boot partition? I had Linux installed
> on my server. Installed Windows 2000 over the top of it. Worked great,
> installed NAT software, Firewall, Antivirus, Wireless Network stuff..
> everything was working great. Been rebooting all day.. had it off and
> about to take it to client's site.
Windows 2000 really doesn;t know too much about MBR's etc. I couldn't
get it to install on my drive (which had had 3 OSs on before) until I
put linux back on. It just couldn't boot after the end of the first
stage!
> Decided I'd go ahead and partition/format the extra ten gigs I had and label
> it STORAGE. Booted, went into disk management, clicked on the extra space,
> format NTFS. Immediately, my computer blanked out, rebooted itself. And
> all I get now is a DOSsy screen that says, "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT"
That could actually be a BIOS message. Have you tried booting from a
floppy? If you get the same message, it's the BIOS. Check that your
drive settings in the BIOS are correct. (I have seen BIOS settings
change on their own, so check, even if you think they are correct)
> I would think that somehow the Linux bootsector was messing things up,
> however, I've been rebooting all day long after installing 2000 so I know
> the bootsector is compatible with NT. The hard drive is a Brand New IBM
> 7200... best IDE around.
>
> Any help would be so nice, as I might be able to keep this an under 15hour
> day.
I'm on 7 hours so far, and no-one else has pitched here yet - it's
still 6am! That's what happens when your mail server decides to only do
local deliveries ! It seems to work now.
Buchan
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