Dual boot laptop problem

[Suraj Chandrasekaran]

Hi,

Actually, the boot.ini file is hidden and is not visible until you go
to Tools>Folder Options and select Show hidden files and folders and
also, and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Now, you
should see the boot.ini file in the root windows partition, most
probably C: drive.

Hope this helps. Give me an update if it does or doesnt work.

-Suraj

On Apr 8, 2005 10:04 AM, Ronald I. Nutter
<ronald_nutter at georgetowncollege.edu> wrote:
> Have you tried using one of the cd bootable linux distros such as
> Knoppix ?  That might do what you are looking for.
> 
> A thought,
> 
> Ron
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Barry Gamblin
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:33 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Dual boot laptop problem
> 
> I have (or should I say had) a laptop (Thinkpad T23) that
> dual boots Redhat 9 and Windows 2000. I needed to upgrade the Windows
> side to Windows XP. The upgrade didn't go well so a
> clean install of Windows was needed. I selected the Windows partition
> during the setup process and told it to format the partition. The
> install evidently wiped out the partition table, and I forgot to save a
> copy of the boot.ini file, so now I cannot get to my linux install.
> msconfig does not give me the option to edit the boot.ini file. In fact
> I cannot even find the real file, just a backup file. I think the linux
> partition is still there, but I do not know how to get to it.
> 
> Is there any way to get the partition table back so I can boot into the
> linux side?
> 
> Thanks, Barry
> 
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