prodigy_cts Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I'm Dual booting using GRUB into my Windows 98/XP Professional & RH FC-1 installation, while installing GRUB i enabled LBA option.Since, then i couldn't boot into my Windows installations.I tried to enter rescue mode & give Fixmbr & fixboot but they didn't worked.I even tried to reinstall Windows XP Professional so that it restores Windows Boot Loader.But after text mode setup instead of Windows Boot Loader appearing i got invalid disk message. What's wrong here,why couldn't windows bootloader install Grub is working & i'm able to use Linux. Please help me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 (edited) 1st it's not Linux or grub forums as you can see and I do not think that these guys can help you.2nd the problem is that you must remove grub from MBR using command fdisk /mbr from windows98 boot disk for example3. In case if you instal grub on Linux partition not on mbr run Linux CD or resque boot floppy for restore grub. For more info look your distro webpage. RH schould have that option something like linux rescue from CD1.Hope it helps. Edited May 8, 2006 by moo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 And by the way if you can boot into Linux you can also manualy edit grub.conf file to add Windows partition something like this:titile Windowsroot (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda2 initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodigy_cts Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Thanks a lot for the support & suggestionWell it's not the Linux Boot Loader Grub that's posing a problem,i'm having problem installing Windows Boot Loader back.What Grub does is to handle control to Windows Boot Loader.From the past experience i know that when u run setup of Windows XP it restores Windows Bootloader on the MBR & detects other Windows OS e.g. Win-98,the problem is, that isn't working eitherI just can't understand why even after running Windows XP Setup after the text mode setup the Bootloader of Windows can't start,it of course has overwritten the MBR because Grub is gone but somehow NTLDR can't just kickoff & get the windows boot.Instead it gives an invalid disk messageI hope this helps to understand the problem,Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 @ prodigy_ctsDid you tried to run as I said fdisk /mbr or not from DOS using Win98 boot disk or something similar?If not just run it and we're see after what you got!Moo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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