littlec

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Hi all,

Here's my setup.

I had Win2k installed and with Slack 9.1 (lilo).

I tried upgrading to WinXP but now I get the dreaded blue screen of death (No_PAGE_NOPAGED_AREA) some error like that . Same error as in questions/archive/18/2004/01/2/131658 of this website (i can't post url yet)


So now my machine will not boot, but I can still manage to use lilo to select slack.

Would like to get my windowsXP in without losing data.

Here is what I was thinking
- put lilo on a disk (how? can't find the disk and don't remember anymore how to...)
- download an Dos bootdisk
- format the /mbr
- try to fix/continue the XP installation (possible?)
- re-load lilo when xp is working

Can someone know if there's a more viable solution?

Or if this is even possible?
Really need someone to hold my hand through this, don't want any errors since I have some data that I really can't lose.

Thank in advance.


Also should mention that I found an HDD in the closet 2 gigs.

Would another possible solution just to set the hd in my machine right now to slave, and this one to master and do it as a fresh install. (i'd stlil have to format mbr right?).

Also hoping to reduce the size of my linux partition but that is a separate issue. Just mentioning it now in case it would be easier to do it now.

Tinkster

Moved: This thread is more suitable in "General" since it's a windows-repair-question, and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

That said: if your XP gets past lilo and actually blue-screens
replacing the MBR isn't going to help.


Cheers,
Tink

littlec

My bad for wrong section.
Thanks for moving.

XP crashed mid install (right after it reboots after the preparing for installation section)

Any suggestions?