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vegeta66
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_ 		18. December 2006 @ 17:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For the past 2 weeks i've had a multi-boot enviroment setup on my computer as follows
(c:)80gb Windows XP(w/ a 7gb recovery partition(e:)(actual windows space is about 67gb))
(D:)60gb Windows 2000
20gb Ubuntu linux 6.10 x86_64
Everything has been working fine all os's having been running well untill now that is,about 2 days ago windows xp at start runs chkdsk saying that drive E:(recovery partition) needs to be checked for inconsistency or something. so i thought fine this kinda thing is normal. the next day i boot into win2k it gets halfway through the boot then i get a blue screen saying boot device inaccessible. restarted and still i got it so to save time and agony i decided to just format the hdd and reinstall win2k, i get through save setup files to the hdd, i reboot. when i select at boot to go to my win2k hdd to continue the install, it doesnt instead it goes to windows xp boot loader screen where win2k/winxp/and the recovery partition are all there except i cant go onto any of them i always get an error, plus on top of that my linux os wont boot either.

I guess what i'm asking is will i be able to get my winxp up and running again?

Thanks in advance for any help, if not thanks anyways.
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Jalathole
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_ 		28. December 2006 @ 01:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can use your windows cd to repair windows on the drive on which it is not working.

just boot from the cd and follow the instructions, i think you press r or something along those lines.

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pcrepair
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_ 		28. December 2006 @ 01:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
boot from winxp cd
choose recovery console
pick the correct o/s at the prompt
put in admin password
type chkdsk /r
it ought to enable your xp
check the win2k is trying to install on the correct partition

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Jalathole
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_ 		28. December 2006 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah what he said, was what i was saying just in a little more detail.
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