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#1 2012-05-10 10:23:39
- 16Skittles
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Windows XP Recovery Failing
Yep. Well, I tried Ubuntu, then it quit on me. The icons on the login screen didn't show up and I couldn't boot right. I was dual booting at the time, and just deleted the Ubuntu partition with the Windows Device Manager, expecting to be able to add the free space into my Windows partition. When I rebooted, GRUB said "unknown file system" and refuses to boot, giving me recovery options. I got an XP boot disk from my school IT guy, but it doesn't recognize the hard drive. Help!
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#3 2012-05-10 11:08:27
- veggieman001
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Re: Windows XP Recovery Failing
muppetds wrote:
try and boot up from a linux boot disk
Copy all the files (if possible) onto a spare usb
Then reinstall windows?
He just said he can't reinstall Windows because it doesn't recognise the hard disk
I don't know 
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#4 2012-05-10 11:25:56
- 16Skittles
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Re: Windows XP Recovery Failing
muppetds wrote:
try and boot up from a linux boot disk
Copy all the files (if possible) onto a spare usb
Then reinstall windows?
This was my thought, although I have no files of importance besides my files for my game, which I loaded into Dropbox. My computer teacher recommended clearing my partition tables, he also said the problem may just be that I had unpartitioned space in the hard drive (which I do)
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#7 2012-05-10 11:56:05
Re: Windows XP Recovery Failing
16Skittles wrote:
muppetds wrote:
try and boot up from a linux boot disk
Copy all the files (if possible) onto a spare usb
Then reinstall windows?This was my thought, although I have no files of importance besides my files for my game, which I loaded into Dropbox. My computer teacher recommended clearing my partition tables, he also said the problem may just be that I had unpartitioned space in the hard drive (which I do)
or use the linux boot disk and partition the disk or do whatever you need to do
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#8 2012-05-10 13:35:32
- 16Skittles
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Re: Windows XP Recovery Failing
I have decided to just go full Ubuntu, a mod can close this please
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#9 2012-05-10 13:58:16
- scimonster
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Re: Windows XP Recovery Failing
16Skittles wrote:
I have decided to just go full Ubuntu, a mod can close this please
Full Ubuntu? Cool!
Sure thing.
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