Window's DEAD after installing Suse 9.1

[dr_smit]

As a first attempt, I installed Suse 9.1 on to last partition of my 3 partitioned sinle hard disk. Now, I cant boot window XP SP2, I tried formattin C: with Gparted Live CD and then to reinstall windows, as was sugested in previous postins in the forum. Now, window installer boots till massage-- SETUP IS ANALYSING YOUR HARDWARE CONFIURATION -- then flashes a unresponsive blank black screen that remains till I switch off. The CD reader also remaias inactive.

Please help me resolve this situation. I am keen on trying Linux.

[devils casper]

boot up from Windows Installation CD and select 'repair'. this will drop you on command line prompt. execute 'fixmbr' command and reboot machine. Windows Installation CD will work now.







Casper

[dr_smit]

dear dc
I tried that but the windows cd boots to a brief screen saying -- SETUP IS ANALYSING YOUR CONFIGURATION-- and then BLACK screen appears that does not respond to any key stroke.

Is it to do with MBR gone bad?

[dr_smit]

IT WoRkEd on the 7th attempt
Thanks a million

[devils casper]

Well Done !! i am glad you sorted out problem.
Problem was in MBR only and 'fixmbr' command rewrite Master Boot Record.






Casper

[dr_smit]

the problem remains....
now I can boot with windiw installer CD..
the system reboots after setup has copied the required files and says -- MISSIN OPERATING SYSTEM

I tried fixmbr

1. fixboot

1. bootcfg

still the same story..

[gogalthorp]

the problem remains....
now I can boot with windiw installer CD..
the system reboots after setup has copied the required files and says -- MISSIN OPERATING SYSTEM

I tried fixmbr

1. fixboot

1. bootcfg

still the same story..

You said you installed on the third partion. There should not have been a third partition you should always simply leave space and allow the installer to create the need partions in that space. By overwriting an exiting partion you must have foobared something. Can you still boot to Linux??

By any chance is you computer a Gatway laptop?? I've seen some very strange partioning on several of these. Definitly not standard.

[devils casper]

the problem remains....
now I can boot with windiw installer CD..
the system reboots after setup has copied the required files and says -- MISSIN OPERATING SYSTEM
I triedfixmbr
1. fixboot
1. bootcfg
still the same story..

boot up from GParted and execute this 'fdisk -l' comman in Terminal. post output here.





Casper

[dr_smit]

by third partition I meant... I let it create required space for itself in the third partition and not manually let the whole partition for Suse,,

I will post my GParted .... next

2 days into linux.... and i already feel GEEKY..

Thanks for help and concern

[dr_smit]

it reads-- (I have colored the columns in one color for your ease)

Disk / dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/tracks, 77545 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008*512 = 516096

Device BootStart End Blocks Id System

/dev/hda1 * 1 19380 9767488+ b W95 FAT32

/dev/hda2 19381 77536 29310592+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/hda5 19381 38760 9767488+ b W95 FAT32

/dev/hda6 38761 60825 11120728+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

/dev/hda7 60826 61577 338976+ 82 Linux swap/Solaris

/dev/hda8 61578 77535 8042800+83 Linux