otis1985
August 3rd, 2005, 12:40 AM
Hi.... heres the scenario:
i installed windows server 2003 web edition on a 10 GB ntfs partition(c:\). After that, i installed the disk manager suite along with the os selector (i like the way it looks btw :P). Then i installed windows xp professional, on its own ntfs partition (d:\) and installed disk manager suite with it, and used the recover/update option with the os selector to successfully find the newly made XP partition.
that it did. but when i went to install directx 9.0 on windows XP (d:\) the setup kept crashing... i booted into windows server 2k3 web (c:\) and tried to install directx and it was fine. so i assumed directx install didnt like the fact i was installing it on the d:\. So, i tried moving the c:\ to the second half of the drive and setting the d:\ as active (hoping it would change the drive letter to c:\ and rebooted, and now it wont come up with the os selector at boot, it just goes right into windows XP, but before i can log in, it seems to freeze or something... it just says "Windows XP Professional" with the logo and blue background, but it wont pop up the login.... i tried ctrl+alt+del to get into the old style login, but it doesnt work.
I am now limited to running knoppix off a cd, and i have no clue on how to get my partitions back to order.... what can i do from knoppix to fix the problem so i can properly boot into both OS's again? i could use a linux version of the program, but you dont have one... shame on you....
i installed windows server 2003 web edition on a 10 GB ntfs partition(c:\). After that, i installed the disk manager suite along with the os selector (i like the way it looks btw :P). Then i installed windows xp professional, on its own ntfs partition (d:\) and installed disk manager suite with it, and used the recover/update option with the os selector to successfully find the newly made XP partition.
that it did. but when i went to install directx 9.0 on windows XP (d:\) the setup kept crashing... i booted into windows server 2k3 web (c:\) and tried to install directx and it was fine. so i assumed directx install didnt like the fact i was installing it on the d:\. So, i tried moving the c:\ to the second half of the drive and setting the d:\ as active (hoping it would change the drive letter to c:\ and rebooted, and now it wont come up with the os selector at boot, it just goes right into windows XP, but before i can log in, it seems to freeze or something... it just says "Windows XP Professional" with the logo and blue background, but it wont pop up the login.... i tried ctrl+alt+del to get into the old style login, but it doesnt work.
I am now limited to running knoppix off a cd, and i have no clue on how to get my partitions back to order.... what can i do from knoppix to fix the problem so i can properly boot into both OS's again? i could use a linux version of the program, but you dont have one... shame on you....