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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Edward Stow
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lost NT Partition
Dennis wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > I have unsuccessfully tried to install Mandrake 7.2. onto my
> > machine that had NT4 installed on a NTFS formated primary
> > partition.
> >
> > Problems:
> > * Mandrake 7.2 installed GRUB but does not give me any option to
> > boot to NT.
> > * Selecting the Linux option in GRUB - Linux hangs during bootup.
> > * (Also during installation I tried but could not create a
> > bootdisk.)
> >
> > Question:
> > How can I boot into my NT partition? I don't care if the
> > Mandrake installation is lost.
> >
> > Edward Stow
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> you should be able to get the NT boot back by using fdisk. stick the NT
boot
> disk in which should take you to a selection window with the a:> type
"fdisk
> /mbr " without the quotes and then reboot. You should get the NT bootup
back.
> However, as I am not totally familiar with NT, do not do this until
someone
> on the list, who is familiar with the NT process, confirms what I just
told
> you :} .Goood Luck,
WinNT does not have a bootable floppy. The best you can do is to use
the NT emergency repair disks, that prove (in my experience) to be
pretty difficult to use.
> --
> Dennis M.
> Registered Linux user #180842
>
You can use a Win98 boot disk.
At the prompt enter fdisk/MBR. This will restore your NT bootloader if it
was not damaged.
If this does not work your only option is to use use your NT installation
disk and try Rescue mode. This can work if you have only 1 NT partition and
if it is NTFS. If you have multiple partitions or installed as FAT32 you
will get an error/warning message.
Charles
