Re: Cannot boot Windows after running lilo; "A disk read error occurred" "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 11/19/04

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    David Jones <dj@nospam.com> writes:

    ]Hi,

    ]My Mandrake 10.1 dual-boot (Windows XP/Mandrake) was working fine until
    ] I accidentally ran "lilo" (from Mandrake). The command completed
    ]without errors but now at the boot menu I can no longer boot into
    ]Microsoft Windows. It freezes with a black screen and plain text message:

    ]A disk read error occurred
    ]Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

    ]other=/dev/hda1
    ] label="microsoft_windows"
    ] table=/dev/hda
    ] map-drive=0x80
    ] to=0x81
    ] map-drive=0x81
    ] to=0x80

    This says that your windows is on your second hard drive-- the slave on the
    first ide slot. The map commands say to make the system believe that the
    master should be treated as though it were the second drive and the slave
    as though it were the first.

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