How to format screwed-up hard drive and reinstall OS. 2005-11-15 - By peter wu
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Thank you very much for your kind, quick reply. However, when I tried to boot
from Windows CD (reinstallation CD that came w/ Dell computer), it brings me
back to GRUB. Seems to me that I may require some sort of serious reformatting
? My question is... how?
I tried a few things suggested by kind folks here (see threads below), but
it seems old Linux cannot be recovered. Partition seems to be quite severely
damaged.
Roger <morris_r@(protected)> wrote: If you boot to the Windows CD, you should
be able to repartition the
drive with the utility during the install process.
I've had best luck installing windows first, then doing the linux
install second. (when I want a dual boot machine that is).
Have you tried booting from the linux cd? Perhaps the old linux install
is still there, and it just needs a reconfiguration of grub?
Around Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 10:30:33AM -0800, peter wu, wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a dual-boot system (WinXP & Linux), but during further
> partitioning, for some reason it got really hosed up. Now I lost
> access to Linux, and I can only boot to WinXP from GRUB. So, I need to
> format the hard drive and reinstall Windows, but the reinstallation
> method provided by Dell (my computer manufacturer) doesn't work on the
> machine. Where can I find help for formatting screwed-up hard drive
> and reinstalling Windows?
> Thanks for your help, in advance.
> --peter
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<div id="RTEContent">Thank you very much for your kind, quick reply. However,
when I tried to boot from Windows CD (reinstallation CD that came w/ Dell
computer), it brings me back to GRUB. Seems to me that I may require some sort
of serious reformatting? My question is... how?<br> <br> I tried a few things
suggested by kind folks here (see threads below), but it seems old Linux
cannot be recovered. Partition seems to be quite severely damaged.<br><br><b>
<i>Roger <morris_r@(protected)></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq"
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left:
5px;"> If you boot to the Windows CD, you should be able to repartition the<br
>drive with the utility during the install process.<br><br>I've had best luck
installing windows first, then doing the linux<br>install second. (when I want
a dual boot machine that is).<br><br>Have you tried booting from the linux cd?
Perhaps the old linux install<br>is still there!
, and it
just needs a reconfiguration of grub?<br><br>Around Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 10:30
:33AM -0800, peter wu, wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> I have a dual-boot
system (WinXP & Linux), but during further<br>> partitioning, for
some reason it got really hosed up. Now I lost<br>> access to Linux, and
I can only boot to WinXP from GRUB. So, I need to<br>> format the hard
drive and reinstall Windows, but the reinstallation<br>> method provided
by Dell (my computer manufacturer) doesn't work on the<br>> machine.
Where can I find help for formatting screwed-up hard drive<br>> and
reinstalling Windows?<br>> Thanks for your help, in advance.<br>> -
-peter<br>> __ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __
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