Help. Botched duel boot problem.

Piemuncher · 17 Dec 2007 at 21:42

Help Please.

I have installed linux on my current system (a sataII hard drive) that has got my windows xp on it. This was not a problem on my old pc (IDE) I have down stairs. Now XP or linux will not boot. How do I remove Linux from said hard drive.?

Cheers.

swinnie · 17 Dec 2007 at 21:59

So no operating systems will boot?

What does happen upon the computer starting up???

Piemuncher · 17 Dec 2007 at 22:01

boot error or something very similar.

Gigi · 17 Dec 2007 at 22:21

Attach the hard disk with windows onto a seperate machine. Log in as normal, then access the hard disk and look for the boot.ini.

Edit it so it looks something like this;

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

all this info can be found at this web page;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

I would suggest removing linux from the boot.ini

Piemuncher · 17 Dec 2007 at 23:01

would a repair install of windows do the job.?