Re: Linux wiped out my Windows

From: Roy Starkey (rstarkey_at_austin.rr.com)
Date: 07/08/04

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    Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 01:37:17 GMT

    Well thanks for all your help. I'm close to admitting defeat and just
    reinstalling everything from scratch. It's a pain but so is trying to
    recover what's left.
    Roy

    "Marc Schwartz" <MSchwartz@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
    news:vo0Hc.385$6t1.35@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
    > Roy Starkey wrote:
    > > I tried booting the Windows Emergency Repair Disk and it says:
    > >
    > > The Emergency Repair Disk is not startable.
    > > Repairing a damaged Windows NT installation is an option
    > > available at the beginning of Windows NT setup.
    > >
    > > So I booted the Setup diskettes and selected repair but it can't seem to
    > > find any of the files on the setup CDROM. I think that it's not able to
    > > access the CDROM.
    > >
    > > Unfortunately I'm not able to boot from CDROM. To install Linux I used
    a
    > > grub image on diskette to get to a vmlinuz image I copied to a Windows
    > > partition which was then able to install from CDROM.
    >
    >
    > Ack. Sorry, I forgot that you had indicated NT and not XP.
    >
    > It may be that the NT set up disk and installation process requires the
    > CD driver to be loaded and that part of the process does not occur when
    > attempting the repair, as opposed to a fresh install.
    >
    > It seems to me that there "should be" a workaround that would enable
    > access to the CD in this NT repair scenario. You might want to check the
    > Windows groups or do a google search for help here, since this is a
    > Windows specific issue. Surely someone has come across this same
    > situation before.
    >
    > You might even want to post to the main fedora e-mail list to expose
    > your query and current experiences regarding your attempts to a more
    > targeted audience, where there will be others who can offer some
    > guidance on workarounds based upon their own experiences.
    >
    > I am at a loss at this point to suggest further approaches short of a
    > full Windows reinstall, which you can yet hopefully avoid.
    >
    > Marc

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