GRUB and a problem on booting to Windows XP

Jarkko Elfving jarelf at ebaana.net
Sun Jul 18 17:31:21 UTC 2004


su, 2004-07-18 kello 00:37, Jarkko Elfving kirjoitti:
> Hi...
> 
> My GRUB doesn't boot to my Windows XP part for unknown reason. It were
> working yesterday and before that great (GRUB configures is not
> modified). The problem appears right after defraging the hard drive. I
> used for it a Norton's SystemWorks 2004. I've read that same kind of a
> problem has shown before. Then they can "fix" the problem without
> re-installing. But they didn't tell how they did it!
> 
> I've now reading the book of Windows XP and it says that any register or
> boot sector error is fixable by using a Windows XP CD-ROM.
> 
> I'm just moved from Windows to Linux and I've still some empty blocks on
> some basic questions where I didn't found answer from some books of
> written on Linux I've reading on.
> 
> While I installed the Fedora Core 2, the GRUB was installed on same HDD
> with Windows XP (that was my "foult"). Windows XP was boot normally with
> these GRUB conf's:
> 
> 	title Windows XP
> 	rootnoverify(hd0,0)
> 	chainloader +1
> 
> And after the defraging this problem appears.
> 
> And the question is:
> If I use the Windows XP CD-ROM to fix the problem (it means that I think
> that I've figured out what causes the main problem on booting) and IF I
> make some mistakes or Windows does something that I don't want it to do
> (it is possible, in Windows anything is possible :D) and something
> happens to my GRUB (what means I don't have any options to boot on
> Linux), how I re-install the GRUB back on to my system? I think that I
> don't have to re-install the whole system if only GRUB is missing or
> corrupted.
> 
> I'm sorry for bad english and confusing description of my situation.....

Hi again...

Now, when I'm working almost 6 hours on Windows XP booting problem and
loosing one time my whole GRUB and got it back again (about 10 minutes
ago), I'm so convient of that repairing Windows XP is not that simple
that some books tell's. My Windows XP do not work but it's repair
program "destroys" my GRUB and I was front of situation where I've never
be.

I'm so happy for that repairing GRUB is actually very easy. I'm angry
for that repairing Windows is coming so impossible that I've got to
re-install the whole system... But... now I've more info about that why
Linux is so much better than Windows.

-- 
Jarkko Elfving
Suomi - Finland
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