On Monday 18 October 2004 09:32 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Hi Randall... > > > > My XP partition went "poof". I think it was a faulty mbr. My Drive > > Image 7.0 image backup didn't work so I was forced to unhook my boot > > manager, rebuild XP with the repair function, and then re-install my > > boot manager. All told it took me 2 hours. > > > > This is not the first time fooling around with something in Linux has > > killed my XP partition. (You'd think having each operating system on > > separate disks would prevent these problems but it doesn't apparently.) > > It tends to make me wary but how does one learn without "fooling > > around." :-) > > > > I have now abandoned Drive Image for Paragon Drive Backup 6.0 which > > comes highly recommended. It even uses Linux on it's recovery CD. I do > > *not* want to have to depend on Window's repair function. It takes as > > long as a full install. Paragon DB even images my Linux installation so > > now I should be doubly protected (though I would prefer to never have to > > find out if I truly am). > > > > - Jack
Wow, sounds like you had a rough time of it Jack. I have been there done that - my MBR got wiped out on several occasions when I had a dual boot system. The one thing I did that solved that was to completely wipe out the Windows partition and go strictly Linux. Haven't had that problem since! ;-) I won't point fingers and tell you you need to drop Windows altogether though - I think it's just a matter of convenience - you have to have what you need to work AND play. Once you get comfortable enough with Linux, you'll probably drop Windows anyway. It gets to a point where you just can't deal with the gaping security holes and the way Microsoft tries to close them (it's like the little Dutch boy and the hole in the dam - but instead of Microsoft putting their finger in it, they put a boatload of new holes and then they tear down the walkway to get to it). That's just my humble opinion though... > > used to be you could start up in dos and give "fdisk MBR" and it would > reset the windows bootup. Does this no longer work in 10.1? or 10.0? > Anybody know? Dennis, I do believe you are correct there. The trick is to disconnect the Linux drive, and then use fdisk /mbr to fix the master boot record on the main drive. Actually, then you just swap the drives around so that Grub or Lilo and Linux is the main drive (hda), and then let Grub or Lilo reverse map the other drive so that Windows THINKS it's the only operating system on the first drive, while in reality it's the OTHER operating system on the second drive (this enables you to have many boot options, including multiple copies of Windows, etc.) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com
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