Ok, annother boot problem

Agent_Mull · Mar 11, 2004

OK, my xp wont boot b/c the file hal.dll is corrupted, so i got out my trusty (german) knoppix cd and got a new file from my other computer. I tried copying/deleteing/moving the old file and it says it cant. Why? Windows isnt running. Any ideas.

cack01 · Mar 11, 2004

My best guess is that linux is not good at writing to a NTFS partition.

Agent_Mull · Mar 11, 2004

k, well how else can i fix it w/o reinstalling windows and such?

electromagnetic · Mar 11, 2004

Linux can't write to NTFS, some distros will have drivers for it, but do not support it or suggest it, it can easily corrupt your NTFS partition.

Agent_Mull · Mar 11, 2004

So i am limited to a full reinstall?

bchur83 · Mar 11, 2004

You can do a repair install with the XP CD. I am pretty sure that will fix it, but not 100% sure. It is worth a try. I don't think there is any other option, ulsess a full install.

Agent_Mull · Mar 11, 2004

k, well my disc isnt a retail version of xp, it came with my computer.

cack01 · Mar 11, 2004

I do not think that will matter.

You can also make a bootdisk.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Agent_Mull · Mar 11, 2004

NM. I feel stupid now.
I was doing stuff in msconfig and i think i accidentally made it so that it boots to my "second installation."

My installation was screwed up before, so I installed it to what i thought was the C:/ partition, but it acctually installed to the d:\ partition. So i just deleted the d:\ partition installation and set it to automatically boot to the c:\ one and set the time out to 3 seconds. hope that isnt too confusing.

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