i cant install windows xp on my pc after installing a redhat linux?
i have already formatted(NTFS) my hard disk for the installation of xp, iam using a windows xp before i installed the redhat linux then i decided to re install back windows xp
i have already formatted(NTFS) my hard disk for the installation of xp, iam using a windows xp before i installed the redhat linux then i decided to re install back windows xp but when i re install again the redhat it doesnt hang, it just hang on windows xp, i even tried fixing the MBR
after installing windows and i run it for the first time it hangs even in safe mode
i have a P4@2GHz, 256MB RAM, 64MB Vcard and a 40 Gig HD
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Filed under: Redhat
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In this case, the most likely scenario is that your MBR (Master Boot Record), is still configured to boot linux, and since in can’t find linux it wont work at all.
In order to remedy this situation, insert your windows boot disk, enter the recovery console, type in the command fixmbr, and then agree to run fixmbr. After that, Install Windows
YOu have to reformat your HD as NTFS again…
Sometimes you have to go into BIOS, and set your cdrom as the first on the boot record, then put the XP disc in. After it loads gets ready to shut down, and restart I take the XP disk out, change the boot record back to the BIOS default setting, and then restart. When it asks me to put the disk back in I do, and everythings, everything!