My other computer wont boot at all?
I tried to take Linux off the dual booting system as I had uninstalled it off my pc. Now even windows wont boot up and I can’t use the computer. I have Windows XP.
This is what I did to remove Linux
1. Right click on My computer,
2. Go to Properties.
3. Click on Advanced Tab.
4. Click on Settings under Startup and recovery
5. Click on Edit.
6. On boot.ini file that opens, delete the line corresponding to Ubuntu.
7. Close notepad and confirm Yes to save the changes.
8. Restart the computer.
What have I done wrong, and how can I now get it to boot??
No safe mode. Just blank screen
Cynthia. It runs on Windows XP. I installed Ubuntu off a disk to run along with Windows. I removed Ubuntu off the system because I couldn’t connect to the internet with it, however each time at start-up I had to choose whether to use Windows or Ubuntu. I tried to get the Ubuntu off there so it just auto booted up in Windows XP. like it did before. Now it wont boot in anything.
Are you that’s the bootloader?…
If you’ve installed Linux after XP the it should have installed it’s own bootloader, GRUB, which I think you’ve deleted it.
If you say you were using the ntloader, than nothing should’ve gone wrong.
Try to load the XP recovery console from the CD… browse through the commands using the help command and look for some tools to reset / fix your bootloader. I can’t be more specific because I haven’t had that Issue in a few years now… but that’s how I fixed it back then.
Edit: good that you add that info.
If you have one option, it will discard the option field. This means default=multi… should be the same as in the [operating systems] entry.
See below, if I would remove partition(2) from [operating systems] I would also have to change the default= to partition(1), exactly as the option but without =”Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect part.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)d…k(0)partition(2)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINNT=”Windows 2000 Professional” /fastdetect
Just use a WinPE or boot of the DVD Ubuntu and edit that boot.ini file properly.
Hope this helps..
The Hackintosh Guide, Part 10. Dualbooting the Hackintosh. 2/2
