Can't boot Windows 7 after Slackware install
I (probably stupidly) didn't install lilo in a Windows 7 boot manager friendly way and now when I try to boot Windows it tries to boot to recovery. Any pointers on fixing this?
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Pointer -> Win7 DVD, and have it automagically restore the MBR.
You won't be able to boot into slackware afterwards, but you can boot into in with a SlackDVD, install lilo to the root partition, and add 'linux' to the win7 bootmenu using the 512bytes method discribed here ( http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/addi...ws7-boot-menu/ ) goodluck! |
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Guess I don't get to be that lazy today haha |
PS: I used a different how-to found on the interwebs, to add slackware(linux) to the win7 bootmenu on my ThinkPad, where Win7 is pre-installed and I have no recovery disks.
I would like to note this one 'thing': the 512 bytes you copy to 'linux.bin' so you can boot with the Win7 bootmanager: These 512 bytes change when you change something in lilo.conf and run lilo again! (I altered the lilo - splashscreen delay, added compact and ran lilo, and promptly couldn't boot into slackware again,. I was puzzled, but sorted thing out in the end by making a new copy of those 512 bytes) |
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I have Win7 booting from Lilo without any issues. Can you c&p your /etc/lilo.conf here.
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# LILO configuration file |
You can make a recovery disk in Windows 7. Here is a tutorial. http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1114725.htm
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Not much help if the OP can't get to Windoze.
Often the booting to recovery is just a matter of pointing to the vendor OEM partition. Try seeing if you have 2 partitions with boot code in it - or just try sda2. Of course, if Windoze actually tries to boot and goes to recovery mode, that's a whole different matter. |
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Attempting to make a Win7 USB recovery right now... if that doesn't work I guess time to buy more DVDs and pray haha... Just need Windows for Football Manager :) |
Ugh. That sounds like you might have started the (OEM) Recovery. This generally replaces the whole kit and kaboodle if allowed to procede to completion.
I'd reckon sda2 is correct, but you might actually need to recover it from the USB. M$ofts' technet site has some good doco on what's available from the recovery centre. |
Managed to get Windows booting again with a bootable USB... now to get linux booting without the rescue dvd with sjampoo's post... thanks guys!
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I would suggest you go get EasyBCD (freebie) if you want to use the Win7 loader to chainload to Slack. Much simpler.
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what's all this hooha about? As already noted by J1NKL3, simply add the following stanza to lilo.conf and call lilo (assuming your Windows partition is /dev/sda1).
other = /dev/sda1 label = Windows table = /dev/sda |
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