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10-26-2006	#1 (permalink)
patrickv Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 134	Boot error I spend the whole afternoon downloading from CNR (though i dont like it).But i encountered dozens of error,including for amsn,the one i already posted for psi and lots more..So i decided to remove freespire.I boot in xp (same HD) and deleted the freespire partition.Since my bootloader was GRUB, after restart my pc failed to boot (because there's no freespire to boot on) So i used xp disk and used the FIXMBR command.The mbr was written nicely but after reboot...i got "invalid system disc error " my pc was doom.No bootable volume.I tried FIXBOOT and it also failed.Please advice me what im gonna do cause i dont want to format my HD.. thankss (ps-not to be rude but i did this twice in suse 10.1.Deleting suse partitions and fixing mbr so that xp boots.honestly Freespire is the lamest distro so far) __________________ There is no knowledge that is not power

10-26-2006	#2 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	mostly this error comes up when your computer is set to boot from CDROM drvie. check BIOS first. casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

10-26-2006	#3 (permalink)
patrickv Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 134	re ya i know that this is due to bootup from cd rom but i returned the bios to C drive.Dunno why it doesn't boot though. __________________ There is no knowledge that is not power

10-26-2006	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	did you try windows 98 bootable floppy? casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

10-27-2006	#5 (permalink)
patrickv Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 134	re no i didn't i dont have it.anyways if i had it how would igo about ? __________________ There is no knowledge that is not power

10-27-2006	#6 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	download windows 98 bootable floppy from www.bootdisk.com its an exe file. double click on that ( you will need Windows machine to execute exe file ). it will ask for blank floppy and will make it bootable. boot up from floppy and type 'fdisk /mbr' reboot........ if this doesn't work.... boot up from floppy again... execute these commands one by one. press enter after typing every command. Code: c: cd\windows\command attrib c:\msdos.sys -s -h -r copy c:\msdos.sys c:\msdos.xxx a: sys c: attrib c:\msdos.sys -s -h -r del c:\msdos.sys copy c:\msdos.xxx c:\msdos.sys attrib c:\msdos.sys +s +h +r casper __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

10-28-2006	#7 (permalink)
patrickv Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 134	re Yo thanks for the help dude. cheers __________________ There is no knowledge that is not power

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