FC2 destroyed Windows XP!!

[Carlos Alberto Alves]

Paolo Bonavoglia wrote:

> 
> Two days ago i installed FC2 on a PC wich had Windows XP installed in 
> the first partition and FC-1 on the remaining HD space (about 20G). I 
> choose a brand new installation deleting the old one of FC1.
> 
> When I started Druid for re-partitioning the HD a strange message 
> appeared telling something like "There is a problem in the partition 
> table which is not congruent with the BIOS geometry; this can cause 
> problems with bootloader, but  the problems are fixable". (but it didn't 
> say how)
> 
> The PC is just a client in a network and doesn't contain any valuable 
> information, so I carelessly continued the installation, activating the 
> GRUB boot-loader etc.etc.
> 
> Bad news came at the end of installation: FC2 works perfectly, but 
> Windows XP is no more usable; if I select Windows from the GRUB menu the 
> PC hangs up.
> 
> Worst of all: I tried to reinstall Windows XP from the originale 
> Microsoft CD, installation begins normally,  I choose the old partition, 
> reformat the partition,  installation files are copied, but when Windows 
> XP restarts the computer the first time, the computer hangs with an 
> error message like: "can not load operating system".
> 
> I tried everything I can guess, I even deleted all partition from the HD 
> with fdisk, recreated new partitions, restarted the XP installation 
> process, but it ends up the same way: at the first reboot the PC can not 
> load any operating system.
> 
> Seems the PC can not find the first partition or the partition table.
> 
> I looked in the BIOS also but didn't find any useful tool.
> 
> On the other hand if I install FC2 everything goes well and FC2 works 
> perfectly!!
> 
> Hope someone can help me to get out of this nightmare!!
> 

Do you want a .PDF file with full instructions on how to do it without 
re-installing WinXP?
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* Carlos Alberto Alves                *
* Child Neurologist                   *
* Systems Analyst/Programmer          *
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