OT: Windoze can't find disk

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 06/17/07 15:36:01, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > Sorry.
> >
> > I ask this because the system in question is dual-boot FC6, and
> hence 
> > there might be someone who's experienced the same problem.
> >
> > Otherwise, please accept my apologies.
> >
> > A fully functional dual-boot FC6/Windoze XP system had its MB
> replaced. 
> > On being returned (and the disk reinstalled) it booted FC6 just
> fine, 
> > but XP could not find the disk. Not that it just would not boot, 
> but
> 
> > that under no circumstances (CD boot, ASR boot, normal boot) could
> XP 
> > find the disk. The disk partitions are: 1 - NTSF, 2 - /boot, 3 - /.
> > Any suggestions as to what might be missing? FWIW, the disk is 
> SATA,
> 
> > and, yes, the driver disk was provided at the appropriate time.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >   
>     You have one disk which was called /dev/hda that has both WinXP
> and 
> Linux. Are you sure there are no other disks on the computer? If not 
> then the WinXP is at /dev/hda1 and it's happy. Win XP MUST be on the 
> first disk at the first partition, period.

Yes. There is exactly one disk, /dev/sda. And WinXP is the first 
partition.