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    OpenSuse/Vista on Aspire 9420

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hkproj, Mar 9, 2008.

  1. hkproj

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    Hi, recently I've bought an Acer Aspire 9420... There was Windows Vista Home Premium installed... no problem yet... then I wanted to install Ubuntu, so I've resized the D: partition, and got a 25GB partition to install Ubuntu.
    No problem. Problem started when I installed OpenSuse on the Ubuntu Partition. Problem is when I want to boot Win Vista, but I can't because it restarts the computer without saying any message...
    I can't recover it because when I start the recovery partition (Acer uses a Partition with WinXp to Recover the system), it throws an error ('Fail to get partition 1 drive letter')...
    How do I repair it?
    And sorry for my bad English.
    Bye!

    *PS*
    I tried to reinstall Grub on the MBR, but it does not solve my problems...
     
    hkproj, Mar 9, 2008
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  2. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    did u make sure u have correctly configured grub (i.e to boot vista from C: drive itself)

    did u try safe mode for vista (since this is a system restart there is a chance of mbr corruption)
     
    kuncheesh, Mar 9, 2008
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  3. hkproj

    hkproj Newbie

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    the problem is not Grub,
    but the Win Vista partition...
    How do i try safe mode?
    Can you tell me the Boot Options?
     
    hkproj, Mar 9, 2008
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  4. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    ok .... as soon as you press windows vista in grub hold down F8 key..... this will take u to the vista boot menu where u can choose safe mode... try to do a system restore and check if its working
     
    kuncheesh, Mar 9, 2008
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    hi, I've tried, but it doesn't run... probably the mbr is the matter how can i repair it............
     
    hkproj, Mar 9, 2008
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