Major Problem

[six_storm]

Hey everyone. Check this out, I have 2 hard drives:

1. 80 Gig - Windows XP Pro
2. 10 Gig - Suse 9.1

I got a good idea to install Windows 2000 on the 10 Gig this morning but I have run into a huge problem. I booted from my Windows 2K CD and did a normal format/partition on the 10 Gig HDD. After the setup files had been installed, it would not reboot into the Win 2K installation screen. I tried to boot back up into my Windows XP pro and it looks like the Suse Linux has taken over! I keep getting this GRUB loading error and it won't let me boot into Windows XP. Looks like some of the Linux stayed around huh?

EDIT: I tried to run the Win XP Pro CD to repair the MBR and etc but it didn't work. I still get this error:

GNU GRUB

grub>

Any idea on how to get rid of this crap?

[ZicoTheTux]

Do you tried the MBR related commands in the rescuse console, too? I don't know these exactly but it should be wo of then. One is names FIXMBR (i think, thats the name). With these it should work.

I hope i'm able to help

[six_storm]

Yeah, I just tried that and it still doesn't work. The only problem I have about reformatting is redownloading all my Steam Games. That takes forever and a day! Steam is slow enough even with a 1.5 MB connection. I honestly don't know how Linux got that deep into my system. Whenever I try to boot from my XP Pro HDD, it will go straight to that GRUB command line and nothing else. I guess I'll have to reformat. I'll wait around to see if anyone else pops up with anything. . . . . I just have to have this done before I go back to school tonight or else I won't have anything to do my VB.net Projects on.

[energyman76b]

Hi,

go to the suse page. In their support database is an article about getting rid of bootloaders.

[six_storm]

Got it fixed. Thanks for those who helped. I just reformatted, nothing big.