can't boot into windows
 

ok i have a big problem

i had windows xp installed on my laptop and i used partition magic to create a second partition: fat32

i booted using backtrack live-cd. Then i right clicked on the desktop and chose sytem > install backtrack

then i choose install on hard drive (not the 800 Mb but the 2550 Mb option)

Now my problem is that i don't get to select from wich OS i boot. It automatically boots from slax.

Also the startup hangs up on this line: "input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0" So i cannot boot into nothing anymore !!!!

what is happenning ??? what should i do ??

any suggestion would be greatly appreciated

thanks
Raffi

.... also i noticed that when i boot with live-cd and i try to enter the password, my keyboard doesn't work !!!! how is that possible ???

Hi,

I'm not sure what's happening with the Linux install but you can reinstall the windows mbr by using a bootdisk or a windows 98 cd and booting into the command line.

You can then type fdisk /mbr

This should rewrite your mbr an allow to to boot into Windows

ok i managed to ket my keyboard working when booting with live-cd.

what if i boot with live-cd and erase the whole content of the partition where linux is installed ???

will that help me?

does anyone have another suggestion

thanks lees, fdisk /mbr worked and windows starts normally now. :)

i got scared for a sec there.

Now if i want 2 OS installed, how do i have to format the partition containing linux ??

is it fat32, linux ext or linux swap ??

I take it you are using Slackware, it should have a guided partitioner that will do it for you. If not, try Debian Etch, works nicely.

nope there is no guided partitioner. all i have is 1 option: choose between 800 Mb installation or 2550 Mb installation