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On Thursday 12 July 2007 09:20, pat wrote: |
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> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:51:30 +0100, Mick wrote |
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> > fixmbr will replace GRUB's boot code in the mbr with ntldr's (WinXP) |
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> > . fixboot will replace the partition boot sector code with WinXP's. |
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> > You'll need to run the former on the drive and the latter on the |
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> > partition in which the WinXP installation existed. Not sure if you |
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> > would need to run fixboot on your recovery partition, but I don't |
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> > know how your 'recovery partition' works. Does it contain a |
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> > complete image of your WinXP partition? Usually, the conventional |
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> > WinXP recovery partition only contains certain libs & configuration |
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> > files, not a complete installation. |
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> |
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> This one contains full WinXP install ... :-\ |
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In the future you may want to have a look at partimage. I always create an |
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image after I install MS Windows on a machine. I set passwds, run all MS |
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Windows upgrades, shut down all unnecessary services, close open ports, |
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configure the firewall, install any drivers and then burn an image which is |
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my back-2-basics backup. I always keep users' data files on separate |
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partition(s) and these are backed up separately. Should things go south in |
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the future, I format the partition and upload the image to it. Then it's |
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simply a matter of reinstalling applications. In this way, I do not have to |
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a)have MS Windows on the first partition, or even the first disk; b)hose my |
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Gentoo installation because MS Windows proprietary recovery solutions are |
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disrespectful of any other OS, or prior installation; c)hose Grub which is |
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significantly superior to NTLDR; d)mess up previous MS Windows OS |
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installations (e.g. DOS, Win98, Win2K) because WinXP overwrites their boot |
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partition and bootfiles. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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