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help! help!
My testing an operating system selector utility has
resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! |
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help! help!
These adversities are provided for you to learn from, my friend.
Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way for anyone to help you, given the paucity of information you have provided. You've messed up your partition tables, or drive connections, or boot management options, or any of a serious handful or other possibilities. What do you suggest we offer, wild guesses? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... My testing an operating system selector utility has resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! |
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help! help!
The partitions are still intact. I can access them using a
DOS partition utility that's on a floppy disk. I un-installed the operating system selector utility but that did not help. --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- These adversities are provided for you to learn from, my friend. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way for anyone to help you, given the paucity of information you have provided. You've messed up your partition tables, or drive connections, or boot management options, or any of a serious handful or other possibilities. What do you suggest we offer, wild guesses? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... My testing an operating system selector utility has resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! . |
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help! help!
The "operating system selector" has probably messed up the MBR and/or PBRs
for your OS partitions. What app were you "testing"? Others might find that info useful. Regardless, *I* would probably use BootIt NG to fix the partitions, but I'm not an ace mechanic in this field, and I'm not about to get into a step-by-step with you when I'm not real clear what happened in the first place. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... The partitions are still intact. I can access them using a DOS partition utility that's on a floppy disk. I un-installed the operating system selector utility but that did not help. --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- These adversities are provided for you to learn from, my friend. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way for anyone to help you, given the paucity of information you have provided. You've messed up your partition tables, or drive connections, or boot management options, or any of a serious handful or other possibilities. What do you suggest we offer, wild guesses? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... My testing an operating system selector utility has resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! . |
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help! help!
2 cents,
I have used BootIt NG. It does well with partition work. I do not recommend to install it. Just for the reason you have to go through it's boot menu to boot the PC. But one can do partition repair without installing it. And it is more plyable then Fdisk. You may get by with moving,repairing or reactivating a partition without it telling you that a format is needed. But one needs to read it's"help"files,first,before using it. b11 is always playing with the partitions. My advice,for what it's worth, is get an old,used,working HD and practice on that first. -----Original Message----- The "operating system selector" has probably messed up the MBR and/or PBRs for your OS partitions. What app were you "testing"? Others might find that info useful. Regardless, *I* would probably use BootIt NG to fix the partitions, but I'm not an ace mechanic in this field, and I'm not about to get into a step-by-step with you when I'm not real clear what happened in the first place. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... The partitions are still intact. I can access them using a DOS partition utility that's on a floppy disk. I un-installed the operating system selector utility but that did not help. -------------------------------------------------------- - -----Original Message----- These adversities are provided for you to learn from, my friend. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way for anyone to help you, given the paucity of information you have provided. You've messed up your partition tables, or drive connections, or boot management options, or any of a serious handful or other possibilities. What do you suggest we offer, wild guesses? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... My testing an operating system selector utility has resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! . . |
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help! help!
Yup, my standard advice for people who want to repartition but don't need a
boot manager is to use the installation floppy, then Cancel the installation. This drops you into Maintenance Mode, from which you can access Partition Work. Not only do you not unnecessarily install an added layer, it's free when used this way. Not that I'm saying anyone shouldn't consider BING worth every penny the owner requests. It's worth that and much more, especially if you use it on a regular basis, installed or not. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "ppoatt" wrote in message ... 2 cents, I have used BootIt NG. It does well with partition work. I do not recommend to install it. Just for the reason you have to go through it's boot menu to boot the PC. But one can do partition repair without installing it. And it is more plyable then Fdisk. You may get by with moving,repairing or reactivating a partition without it telling you that a format is needed. But one needs to read it's"help"files,first,before using it. b11 is always playing with the partitions. My advice,for what it's worth, is get an old,used,working HD and practice on that first. -----Original Message----- The "operating system selector" has probably messed up the MBR and/or PBRs for your OS partitions. What app were you "testing"? Others might find that info useful. Regardless, *I* would probably use BootIt NG to fix the partitions, but I'm not an ace mechanic in this field, and I'm not about to get into a step-by-step with you when I'm not real clear what happened in the first place. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... The partitions are still intact. I can access them using a DOS partition utility that's on a floppy disk. I un-installed the operating system selector utility but that did not help. -------------------------------------------------------- - -----Original Message----- These adversities are provided for you to learn from, my friend. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way for anyone to help you, given the paucity of information you have provided. You've messed up your partition tables, or drive connections, or boot management options, or any of a serious handful or other possibilities. What do you suggest we offer, wild guesses? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "b11_" wrote in message ... My testing an operating system selector utility has resulted in both bootable partitions becoming unbootable. When I try to boot one of them, the message "error losding os" appeared. When I tryed to boot the other bootable partition, the message "invalid" system disk" appeared. Help! . . |
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