"Diego Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi
> i decided to install mandrake like a month ago, so i used partition magic.
> in a few words, i had no trouble installing everything, so windows and linux
> worked just fine. but some days ago my installation of staroffice took all
> of my linux disk space, so i used to partition magic again to resize that
> partition. but after partition magic finished doing that, lilo messed up!!
> i reboot my pc, but i just got this:
> LI
>
> (the same lilo message, but incomplete)
>
> i could enter to linux using a rescue floppy, but i couldn't enter to
> windows.
> i decided to erase all the linux partitions and restore my hdd, but that
> didn't work either. i can enter to the dos prompt, but when i try to enter
> windows, i get something like this:
> cannot locate VFAT
>
> what should i do? i have to format my hdd? because i have some files i don't
> want to loose. or could i reinstall windows?
>
> please help me
>
> tks
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At the dos prompt type "fdisk /mbr" w/o the quotes. That should restore your
original boot sector so that you can log into windows. If you've been using
lilo to boot both systems, now use your rescue floppy to boot into linux. As
root check, and if necessary edit /etc/lilo.conf Then run /sbin/lilo
You should then be able to dual boot (either system) via lilo.
HTH,
Mike
"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol
than alcohol has taken out of me."
--Winston Churchill
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