Well the other day I wanted to test out ubuntu 6.1 64bit. As a refrence, here is my HD setup:
C: Windows
D: 80% Window's backups, 20% ubuntu and swap
E: Videos and other media
I needed to get some room on my D drive for ubuntu so I used Partition magic to help me do that. I added an EXT2 area and a swap space for ubuntu. I rebooted like it asked me to, and when it tried to boot into windows, it would get to the Windows loading screen, freeze and reboot.
I gave up on windows for the time being and installed linux on the D drive. Ubuntu installed and worked. I needed to restart ubuntu for something and when I tried, it would hang at the loading. I unplugged my C drive and tried again to reach the same error.
I gave up on linux and tried to get back to windows. I unplugged the linux drive and windows would still freeze at the loading bar. I tried to go into safe mode but safe mode would error at SPTD.sys (or something like that).
I used a Norton Ghost CD and found that all of the files on my C drive were still there. I tried to use the backup of C that I had to restore but the same problem exists. I tried to reformat the drive using my windows CD but the setup tells me that there are no hard drives connected.
Please help.
Thanks in advance.
C: Windows
D: 80% Window's backups, 20% ubuntu and swap
E: Videos and other media
I needed to get some room on my D drive for ubuntu so I used Partition magic to help me do that. I added an EXT2 area and a swap space for ubuntu. I rebooted like it asked me to, and when it tried to boot into windows, it would get to the Windows loading screen, freeze and reboot.
I gave up on windows for the time being and installed linux on the D drive. Ubuntu installed and worked. I needed to restart ubuntu for something and when I tried, it would hang at the loading. I unplugged my C drive and tried again to reach the same error.
I gave up on linux and tried to get back to windows. I unplugged the linux drive and windows would still freeze at the loading bar. I tried to go into safe mode but safe mode would error at SPTD.sys (or something like that).
I used a Norton Ghost CD and found that all of the files on my C drive were still there. I tried to use the backup of C that I had to restore but the same problem exists. I tried to reformat the drive using my windows CD but the setup tells me that there are no hard drives connected.
Please help.
Thanks in advance.