Re: Problems reinstalling grub/lilo (they always hang at boot time ...)


Olaf wrote:
iforone wrote:
I might suggest the OP boot into XP CDROM and run the commands;
CHKDSK C: /r
FIXMBR
FIXBOOT
BOOTCFG /rebuild

Then, perhaps reinstalling GRUB.

I only suggest above, because I'm unsure of how to directly clear up
the GRUB issues.


This did the trick. CHKDSK actually found a problem with my XP boot drive.
After fixing it I can now boot in to both OSes again :)

Thanks for your help.

Olaf

You are most welcome - glad I could help :-)

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