lost system partition.
This is a discussion about lost system partition. in the Windows Hardware category; Lets see. I had win2k3 installed through a dual boot. The system(boot) partition was on a different drive then the os. I formatted the system partition and installed linux. I dont really care if I lose the os.
Lets see. I had win2k3 installed through a dual boot. The system(boot) partition was on a different drive then the os. I formatted the system partition and installed linux . I dont really care if I lose the os. Im just curious if there is a way to save it. The os is completely in-tact on another partition. I tried loading the os through lilo using the following lines..
other="./dev/hda5"
label="NT"
However it just hangs when i do that. Is that ntldr file stored on the system partition? Why cant I get it to boot?
other="./dev/hda5"
label="NT"
However it just hangs when i do that. Is that ntldr file stored on the system partition? Why cant I get it to boot?
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When you reformated the "boot" drive with linux, you killed the ntldr file on the partition. Even though you installed the win2k3 on a second drive or partition, the ntldr file always goes on the "boot" partition or "boot" drive.
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See thats what i figured. Do you have any idea how to repair it or is it lost?
put the drive in a second computer as a slave - use a program called r-studio if needed (as in can not decte it via windows explorer or computer manegment.
it rules and recoved my drive that windows said was not even formated!
it rules and recoved my drive that windows said was not even formated!
I suspect all that is missing is NTLDR and NTDETECT. Try booting from your 2003 CD and choosing to 'Repair' the current install.
