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    Making a Boot Disk w/ FDISK

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by kentl901, Jan 5, 2007.

  1. kentl901

    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    I'm in a bit of a situation right now. My Acer laptop will not boot into Windows. It is constantly stuck in with the wallpaper in the background and never being able to boot into the log in screen.

    Anyway, I'm trying to reinstall XP while preserving my data. To do that, I intend to creating a partition and installing a fresh copy of XP on that new partition.

    Currently, my laptop has one hard disk. I intend on partitioning that disk into 2. I've been browsing the web looking for solutions on how to create a boot disk with FDISK on it, but to no avail.


    Any help/suggestions would be appreciated!

    Thanks!
     
    kentl901, Jan 5, 2007
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    jim6172 Notebook Evangelist

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    you would be better off running windows install go into recovery console and running
    chkdsk /f /r it should recover your windows if it doesnt do a repair installation neither option should hurt your data
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jan 5, 2007
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  3. kentl901

    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, Jim

    Will give that a shot right now!

    Never knew of such a feature.
     
    kentl901, Jan 5, 2007
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    Arla Notebook Deity

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    FDisk cannot do things that are non-destructuctive.
     
    Arla, Jan 5, 2007
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    the only way to break up your disk into 2 partitions is to use a program like partition magic or partition commander neither one will destroy your data if you use fdisk your data will be lost for eternity... :(
    hope this helps
    jim
     
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    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    I do have partition magic.

    But based on what I know, I realized that the boot disk that the program makes are on floppies. Is there anyway to get a boot disk working on a CD-ROM?
     
    kentl901, Jan 6, 2007
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