Hey guys, got quite an issue here!
So I installed Androidx86 on my netbook just fine, but now cannot get Windows 7 to boot. When I Installed Androidx86, it also installed Grub (bootloader) and made a boot item for my windows 7 install. While android works fine, windows will not start. Here is what happens:
I select windows from grub, immediately I get windows is loading files, then startup repair runs, says it cannot fix the issue, and I get the following error message
Problem Event Name: Startup Repair Offline
Problem Sig 01: 6.1.7600.16385
02: same as 01
03: unknown
04: -1
05: ExternalMedia
06: 19
07: Corrupt Registry
I tried running my windows 7 cd from an external drive, but it also cannot fix the issue. Startup repair will run in that instance, but finds no errors. Additionally, I try system restore, but it says the something needs to be enabled on the drive for it to work, I think this is due the the fact I turned off system restore on my drive to save hard drive space. Only have a 32gb SSD in there.
I also tried fixing MBR, googled a few things that are supposed to fix the registry, and those did not work.
Let me know if anyone has any ideas!
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theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist
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How was your hard drive partitioned when you installed Androidx86?
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theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist
I followed the install guide that said "Android-x86 can co-exist with other operating system or data in the chosen partition. If the partition is formatted, you may choose 'Do not format' to keep existing data."
The main Windows 7 is on my D: and so is android, chose same partition and do not format. -
This may be of help
InstallHowTo - android-x86 - An open source project to provide android support on x86 - Google Project Hosting
If not, it may be worth a shot asking a moderator to move this thread to the Linux forum, there are GRUB experts there.
Please let us know, I am interesting in loading this on an older dell I have. Thanks, Josea -
theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist
I followed that guide to install it. And thanks I sent a PM to a mod asking to move it.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
I moved your thread per your request.
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theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist
Thank you for moving this, really appreciate it.
Bump bump, any have any ideas on this? -
@theneighborrkid:
Please show us the contents of the file:Code:/boot/grub/grub.conf
Code:fdisk -l
more precisely: How did your partition layout look like before you installed Android? -
theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist
Hey there thanks for the help, I just wiped the drive and re-installed windows. I may put android back on it, so this issue may come up again.
So the primary SSD is C: which is 4GB, I removed the old SSD and put in a 32GB SSD which is my D:. I installed andriod on the 32GB SSD on the D: as the androidx86 installer says this is okay to do as long as I do not format the SSD upon install.
Thank you for your feedback and I may try to install this again so hopefully it goes better a second time around.
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