my computer is toast, linux partition wont boot because of program i downloaded for windows called ext2 companion.when i tried to acces my linux partition from windows my computer crashed (displayed dos error screen [to fast to read] then it rebooted) so i tried pasting a file just a .txt file at first and it seemed to work but then i tried a bigger file 48mb (wine) then it opened copy dialog box and half way through it displayed the same dos error screen and rebooted. upon reboot my linux partition wont boot at all not even with cd support or boot disk.
help anyone.
hda1=windows xp partition
hda2=slackware linux partition (lilo installed)
hda3=swap nuff said
hda4=i use when i want to copy files from windows to linux or vice versa this partition is visible from both windows and linux so its perfect

hda1 Primary NTFS 11104.13
hda2 Boot Primary Linux ext2 9409.73
hda3 Primary Linux swap 16.46
hda4 Primary W95 FAT16 16.46
when hda2 is set as active or bootable partition and the computer is starting up it says "error loading operating system"

distro slackware9.1
im a newbie 14 year old please help

I would not use that program again. It is probably not going to help but you can boot a floppy or CD version of Linux, mount your partitions and see what's there.

Maybe you need a boot loader floppy like grub so you can boot the system.

if you have a linux boot disk use that and run fschk -p /dev/hda1 or what every partition you have your linux stuff on. you never know it might fix it !!!!

on windows i use ext2fsd-0.20 for reading from my ext partitions I don't think you can write with it.

thanks it worked but some files are misssing

look in the lost&found folder on each partition.

the files missing are MY WHOLE START BAR for kde desktop 3.1.4
and lilo

Anything can be fixed in the user environment of kde by removing the setup files for kde in your home folder.. This may be the easiest way to fix it.

lilo can be reinstalled.

how do i reinstall lilo?

you need to be sure you have your file /etc/lilo.conf setup first, then run this command.


/sbin/lilo