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Old 02-11-2010, 11:17 AM   #1
zack670303
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Can't get the startup after i installed WIN XP 2


hey, recently i installed win xp2 in my c: drive...as usual it deleted my grub startup......I had fedora 10 installed before installing XP....and when i put the fedora cd to get back the startup it shows the following :
" An Unhandled Exception has occured..This is most likely a Bug...." and the details....i had deleted my swap partiton....
 
Old 02-11-2010, 03:26 PM   #2
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Try any other live cd distro.
 
Old 02-11-2010, 03:50 PM   #3
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post details regarding your partitions. probably you had taken swap partition from fedora, while installing XP.
 
Old 02-11-2010, 04:06 PM   #4
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Try using this tutorial https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows to recover your grub menu, this was for ubuntu but it should work for fedora too.
ps: you should make another swap drive if you have deleted it
 
  


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