[budman7]

Originally Posted by cheetahman

When running the repair cd in Suse choose automatic repair instead of manual repair and use Grub for the bootloader instead of LILO because Lilo is made for older computers.

Actually it depends on the OS.
IMO Grub is better, and I find it is easier to fix at the command line. But that could be because I am more familiar with it.
But LiLo is still maintained.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of somebody preferring LiLo over Grub, it is personal preference

[cheetahman]

Originally Posted by budman7

Actually it depends on the OS.
IMO Grub is better, and I find it is easier to fix at the command line. But that could be because I am more familiar with it.
But LiLo is still maintained.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of somebody preferring LiLo over Grub, it is personal preference

Oh yeah your right and I think grub is better in my opinon because most linux ship with it at default and its easier to use.

[zer0byte]

Hi ppl,

Thanks for ur suggestions, i have done it, boot menu with both linux and win2k3 with LILO configuration BUT:

One of the NTFS partions is no longer accessable from linux and windows and gives me to choices when i try to access it, the choices are Format / cancel.

its a RAW partition now, can i recover it without format?

Also still cannot install the nvidia driver on linux.

any suggestions please ?

[cheetahman]

Originally Posted by zer0byte

Hi people,

Thanks for you suggestions, i have done it, boot menu with both linux and win2k3 with LILO configuration BUT:

One of the NTFS partions is no longer accessable from linux and windows and gives me to choices when i try to access it, the choices are Format / cancel.

its a RAW partition now, can i recover it without format?

Also still cannot install the nvidia driver on linux.

any suggestions please ?

Here is what raw is (raw means unformatted unpartitioned)

[cheetahman]

Here are some questions I need to help you more

1.Can you boot into Windows?
2.Do you use windows Server 2003 or another Windows OS like Home or Professional
3.What is the error in Linux you get when trying to mount it?

Also here is a good forum site to get support also http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=77

Here are some links that could help you
http://www.renewdata.com/GetDataBack_info.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default...308421&sd=tech
http://www.drivecrash.com/
http://www.datarecovery.net/default.asp?as=101&gid=0101
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=7419
http://www.pcmech.com/forum/printthread.php?t=127465

Both of these are for Windows Server 2003 and are free and were found at Download.com.Just type in the link and it leads it right to the site of where to download it.

VaioSoft Recovery Manager 1.0
http://www.download.com/VaioSoft-Rec...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Recovery Manager can backup, duplicate, recover files, & format cards from many types of flash media that have been lost due to system or battery failure, format or deletion or corruption caused by hardware or software malfunction. Recovery Manager software can recover data from Digital film cards such as CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital card (SD), IBM Microdrive, ATA PC card, Hard drives, ZIP, & Jazz drives. Digital Image Recovery. Professional RAW Digital Image Recovery Digital Movie/Video Recovery. Digital Audio Recovery. Digital Data Recovery. Formatting. Recoverable File formats: JPG/JPEG, TIFF/TIF, WAV, MOV, MPEG/MPG, AVI, BMP, CUR, GIF, ICO, ZIP, PNG, PDF, RTF, DOC, SND, WMV, AIF, ASX, MID, MP3. Canon CRW File. Kodak DCR File. Nikon NEF File. Fuji RAF File. Olympus ORF File Minolta MRW File. Thumbnail view THM file.

eData Unerase Personal 3.0
http://www.download.com/eData-Uneras...ml?tag=lst-0-1

eDATA Unerase is a data recovery software to recover lost or deleted files from hard drives, floppy disks, digital cameras, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Sony Memory Sticks, Flash cards, or other removable media types. Simply use eDATA Unerase to restore your lost files in 3 wizard steps even if they have been deleted by a virus attack, emptied from the Recycle Bin, lost due to the format of a hard drive or system crash. Easy sorting of deleted file list is provided.

[zer0byte]

Originally Posted by cheetahman

Here is what raw is (raw means unformatted unpartitioned)

, i know that dear, i am new to linux , but not to IT at all .

Anyways, i couldnt recover it.

more info you needed:

I can logon windows, its server 2k3 SP1, and the error message i got in trying to mount is, as i think "cannot mount volume...." i dont remember.


now, to recover my partition problem, forget about it, the problem now in installing the VGA driver, i got error messgae telling that X server is running, stop it.......and try again.

What should i do ?

[cheetahman]

Is the VGA you are working on in Linux or in Windows

Who is the manucfactuer of the VGA is Nividia or ATI or Maybe Intel

If its for Windows use this forum which is all about Windows 2003

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=7419

This will help you alot I think which is froms LinuxQuestions.org

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=173821

[zer0byte]

Originally Posted by cheetahman

Is the VGA you are working on in Linux or in Windows

Who is the manucfactuer of the VGA is Nividia or ATI or Maybe Intel

If its for Windows use this forum which is all about Windows 2003

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=7419

This will help you alot I think which is froms LinuxQuestions.org

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=173821

This is unfair:

I said it before thousand, its nvidia geforce 4 5200 FX .
its not working in linux, not on the server2k3, so why i am in linux forums if the problem was in the win2k3 server ???????????????????????????

[cheetahman]

Sorry about that I didn't check in the forum before I posted It

Here is the reply from Linuxquestions.org forum entitled How to stop running x? I copied and pasted the important stuff.

I wanted to install the new Nvidia drivers off the net, but when I try to run the installer, it tells me to exit x and try again.

From your GUI, press <Ctrl - Alt - F1> to get a console..now login as root and give the command:

init 3

This will boot you into runlevel 3. Now you can try running the installer program again.

I think you can do "init 3" from an X Terminal (or GNOME Terminal, Konsole, etc.). Just su before you do it.

from the GUI crtl+alt+backspace after x shuts down logout then login as root at least this works with slack

From the GDM I do a Ctrl-ALT-F1 which seems to end x, and leaves me with a console login.
After I log in as root and type init 3, I get a init 3 runlevel starting dialog, but then nothing. I type enter, then get root@localhost, then do the sh NVIDIA.... but it still seems to think that I'm running x.

Ctrl-Alt-F1
login from the console as root
run "killall -9 gdm" and "killall -9 XFree86"

If all else fails you could just change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab, reboot , then when your done change it back.

[zer0byte]

Thanks, and dont be sorry.

That what i was looking for, i will try it home later, and tell you the result.

Cheers