Comments on: How to reinstall windows after installing linux http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html Tutorials, Java, J2EE, Struts, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, Web 2.0, MySQL, Articles Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hodgehttp://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-12349 Hodge Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:32:48 +0000 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/?p=717#comment-12349 There is a error in the message above. When you recreate the swap partition you can't boot windows anymore. A workaround. After xp installation copy ntldr ,boot.ini and ntdetect.com from the system partition on the boot disk to the partition with xp. edit boot.ini and change rdisk(1) to rdisk(0) in both lines. Add to lilo Other=/dev/sda1 Label=windows boot-as=0x80 recreate your swap partition and rerun lilo now it should work. There is a error in the message above. When you recreate the swap partition you can’t boot windows anymore. A workaround. After xp installation copy ntldr ,boot.ini and ntdetect.com from the system partition on the boot disk to the partition with xp. edit boot.ini and change rdisk(1) to rdisk(0) in both lines. Add to lilo
Other=/dev/sda1
Label=windows
boot-as=0×80
recreate your swap partition and rerun lilo now it should work.

]]> By: Hodgehttp://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-12344 Hodge Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:45:12 +0000 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/?p=717#comment-12344 I installed XP on a second harddisk with a NTFS partition. First I made a backup of the MBR from the bootdisk with dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.MBR bs=512 count=1 I copied the boot.MBR to the second disk as a backup. Then I Installed xp with a xp install cd because I installed xp on the second drive which was not the bootdrive xp insisted a system partition on the bootdrive so I temporarely deleted the swap partition and created a 8 MB system partition for XP. After XP installation I booted with a Gparted live cd. Reinstalled the MBR on the bootdrive. Through mounting of the ntfs partion on the second drive with XP and the backup of the MBR I also could have mounted my linux partition or put the MBR on a floppy or usb stick. dd if=/home/disk/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1. and I recreated my swap partition. I use lilo so I added to lilo Other=/dev/sda1 Label=windows table=/dev/sda and then rerun lilo et voila linux on disk 1 and xp on disk 2 I installed XP on a second harddisk with a NTFS partition. First I made a backup of the MBR from the bootdisk with dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.MBR bs=512 count=1
I copied the boot.MBR to the second disk as a backup. Then I Installed xp with a xp install cd because I installed xp on the second drive which was not the bootdrive xp insisted a system partition on the bootdrive so I temporarely deleted the swap partition and created a 8 MB system partition for XP. After XP installation I booted with a Gparted live cd. Reinstalled the MBR on the bootdrive. Through mounting of the ntfs partion on the second drive with XP and the backup of the MBR I also could have mounted my linux partition or put the MBR on a floppy or usb stick. dd if=/home/disk/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1. and I recreated my swap partition. I use lilo so I added to lilo
Other=/dev/sda1
Label=windows
table=/dev/sda
and then rerun lilo et voila linux on disk 1 and xp on disk 2

]]> By: Preetamhttp://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-10715 Preetam Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:17:49 +0000 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/?p=717#comment-10715 WOW! Thanks a lot for this useful info. After searching all kinds of phrases in Google, I finally landed on ur blog. I was having the same problem, and now i have a solution -- Thanks to you. I have just 1 question? Will this method work if i have an ntfs partition on C: ? Will the win98 bootable cd recognize my ntfs C drive? WOW! Thanks a lot for this useful info.
After searching all kinds of phrases in Google, I finally landed on ur blog. I was having the same problem, and now i have a solution — Thanks to you.
I have just 1 question? Will this method work if i have an ntfs partition on C: ? Will the win98 bootable cd recognize my ntfs C drive?

]]> By: vimalhttp://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-579 vimal Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:48:28 +0000 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/?p=717#comment-579 NOTE: during installation please don't format the whole drive, choose option that says "leave the file system intact" NOTE: during installation please don’t format the whole drive, choose option that says “leave the file system intact”

]]> By: Gauravhttp://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/how-to-reinstall-windows-after-installing-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-559 Gaurav Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:24:33 +0000 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/?p=717#comment-559 Wow… amazing post.. Really.We would have never done that much R&D to install XP..!! Really appreciate your effort in writing the post. Wow… amazing post.. Really.

We would have never done that much R&D to install XP..!! Really appreciate your effort in writing the post.

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