Windows No Longer Boots

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.1

Symptom

Following the installation of SuSE Linux 8.1, Windows no longer boots. During the installation, you had the boot loader installed in a Linux partition, not in the MBR.

Cause

The partition in which the boot loader is installed was activated and the Windows partition was deactivated.

Solution

To make the Windows partition bootable, reactivate it and deactivate the respective Linux partition. Reset the partition types with the Linux command fdisk. In a root shell, execute "fdisk /dev/hda" (in case the first IDE hard disk is affected). In fdisk, you can:

m view a list of the available commands

p list the partitions

a activate or deactivate a partition

q exit the program WITHOUT saving the changes

w write the changes to the hard disk and exit fdisk

In upcoming versions of SuSE Linux, this function will not be selected by default.
Keywords: WINDOWS, INSTALLATION, PARTITIONS, BOOT, GRUB, LILO, DEACTIVATE, DEACTIVATED

Categories: Installation

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