I need Help RedHat-Windows XP

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----- Original Message -----
From: Roberto <robgenna at tiscali.it>
To: 'Getting started with Red Hat Linux' <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:09 AM
Subject: R: I need Help RedHat-Windows XP


> Thank you very much for your reply.
> I've just tried the  commands you told me to use in the last part of you
> reply, but nothing seems to be changed.
> In fact windows xp crashes with a blue screen that say that Session
Manager
> Initialization has stopped in un unattended way, and so the system has
been
> closed.
> In these conditions I really can do nothing, I am not able to reinstall
> windows without erasing its partition and with that all my important data.
> It's for this reason I asked you for a way to recover and save my Windows
> files from Linux, that is now the only os I can start.
> Thank you again
>
> Roberto, Italy
> robgenna at tiscali.it
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] Per conto di Rick Stevens
> Inviato: venerdì 29 aprile 2005 22.56
> A: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Oggetto: Re: I need Help RedHat-Windows XP
>
> Roberto wrote:
> > Hi all. I'm new of this mailing list, and I am writing here because I
> > really need Help.
> >
> > I've just installed my Red Hat Linux enterprise 4 in my pc, and I have a
> > big problem. Before the installation I used Partition Magic to partition
> > the hard disk in order to prepare it for the linux installation.
>
> That's unnecessary unless you used it to shrink the Windows partition to
> make room for Linux.  The easiest way is to install Windows first, but
> make sure that Windows doesn't suck up all of the disk space by doing
> a manual partition.  Leave the space NOT used by windows as "free" or
> "unassigned".
>
> Once that's done, install Linux.  When you come to the boot loader
> screen, make sure you install the grub loader on the master boot record
> of the drive ("/dev/hda" or "/dev/sda")--NOT in the Linux partition
> ("/dev/hda1" or "/dev/sda1").  grub will create a config file that
> allows you to boot either Linux or Windows (although the Windows boot
> will be called "Other" in the boot menu).
>
> > I used it with Windows XP and all seemed to be right.
> >
> > But after the easy installation of the Red Hat OS, I was no more able to
> > use Windows! Actually every time  I start Windows Xp it says that
> > something is missed and before the user selection, the system crash
> > irremediably in a blue screen.
>
> You messed up the boot loader configuration of Linux.  The only way to
> save what you have is to boot Windows from the CD and restore the MBR
> for Windows.  You'll the ability to boot Linux, though.  To recover
> that, you need to boot your first Linux CD in recovery mode, then
> do these commands:
>
> # chroot /mnt/sysimage
> # grub-install /dev/hda
> # exit
> # exit
>
> That should install grub in the MBR of the first hard drive and restore
> your ability to boot both OSes.
>
> In the future, install Windows first, but make sure you manually tell it
> to leave some of the disk free.  You can then install Linux and make
> sure you tell it to install the boot loader on the MBR of the first
> hard drive (not partition!).  Linux will take care of the rest.
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if you are unable to boot win i.e. can find your data.
boot from linux and mount win partition in linux to recover data. if u can
not mount it is very difficult to get data.
ex:-    mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt
if your windows partition is hda1 with ntfs file system.
go to /mnt folder , there you will find your data and copy it to linux
partition , it fact if u have cd-writer write it there.
and once done begin windows installation while deleting old win partition
and create new.


rgds