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Need help screwing with partitions

Name: Anonymous 2007-08-25 20:35 ID:6SV6NIor

I had three partitions on my computer:

a Windows 2000 partition       (ntfs) (hda1)
a Kubuntu partition            (ext3) (hda2)
a Kubuntu swap partition       (swap) (hda3)
{}  (blank)                    (n/a ) (hda4)
 L and a Windows XP partition  (ntfs) (hda5)

I Booted into a Kubuntu LiveDVD so that I could use GParted to erase the Windows 2000 partition and use it as a media partition.

I reformatted the win 2000 partion (hda1) into ntfs, but it was set as the active partition. I thought that if I used GParted to set the active partition to the Windows XP one (hda5), then I could boot into windows xp and move over all my media to the now-blank partition.

But when I get into the boot screen and I try to boot into windows I get an error message saying "Some systemfiles are missing, insert a system diskette to continue". Or something to that effect.

I can still boot into Kubuntu just fine, I just want to be able to boot into windows XP.

Name: Anonymous 2007-08-30 15:06 ID:Lj9XgH4J

I tried to follow the instructions here (http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/grubrestore/), but this is what I get:


grub> root (hd0,1)

Error 22: No such partition

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1

Error 15: File not found

grub> setup (hd0)

Error 12: Invalid device requested

grub>

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