PdR Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I have xp pro on my pc. I needed to install linux on my pc. i preferred ubuntu. but before completion i stopped installation. 35gb is empty now and windows mbr is in it too. I need to find a way to use it without corrupting 8 mb xp mbr part. 35 gb seems like an entire partition. need help..thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Go into your BIOS and set your CD/DVD as first boot, insert your XP CD and boot into the console.When you have the flashing cursor type fixmbr then exit and reboot your computer.When you are back in XP right click my computer, click manage, clicxk disk management, click on the partition you used (there will be 2 or 3 ) delete them, from the last one to the first one, that way they will merge, then format the new partition as NTFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PdR Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Go into your BIOS and set your CD/DVD as first boot, insert your XP CD and boot into the console.When you have the flashing cursor type fixmbr then exit and reboot your computer.When you are back in XP right click my computer, click manage, clicxk disk management, click on the partition you used (there will be 2 or 3 ) delete them, from the last one to the first one, that way they will merge, then format the new partition as NTFS.thank for reply. if you mean recovery console, there is a problem. because i have a windows xp product recovery cd given with my computer when booting with xp cd recovery console doesn't work. "press R to bla bla" never seen. Normally xp working but my problem is I couldn't see 8 mb sized XP MBR part seperately. I hope format is not the only solution. I formatted 1 week ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 you can fix the MBR with an Ubuntu live Cdhere's how Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 you can fix the MBR with an Ubuntu live Cdhere's how Be wary about trying that information as there is a flaw in it.The Windows MBR resides on hda0 or sda0 not hda1 or sda1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PdR Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 thank you for solutions. guys i think I cannot explain problem correctly. my xp works correctly. there is no corruption to fix in mbr i think. if i try your solutions will i be able to see windows mbr seperate from 35gb part? If so i'm sorry for misunderstanding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 thank you for solutions. guys i think I cannot explain problem correctly. my xp works correctly. there is no corruption to fix in mbr i think. if i try your solutions will i be able to see windows mbr seperate from 35gb part? If so i'm sorry for misunderstanding...If your XP boots correctly then there is no problem with the MBR, as to the LInux installation, the MBR is done last, so if you aborted the install before it has finished it will not have installed the GRUB boot loader.If you are trying to recover the 35GB partition, right click My computer, click Manage, click Disk management, select the partition you want to delete ( you may find 2 or 3 partitions have been allocated for Linux, so delete each one and they will merge, then right click the new partition and select format, use NTFS, that will bring your 35GB's back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Be wary about trying that information as there is a flaw in it.The Windows MBR resides on hda0 or sda0 not hda1 or sda1.I guess it is badly written , or written for people who already know it. Notice that the command given fot fixing the mbr is :sudo ms-sys -m /dev/sdaThe sda1 was given as an exmple of the fdisk output so users would know if they need to put sda or hda or whatever, but it's not so intuitive... anyway , sorry about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PdR Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 thank you for solutions. guys i think I cannot explain problem correctly. my xp works correctly. there is no corruption to fix in mbr i think. if i try your solutions will i be able to see windows mbr seperate from 35gb part? If so i'm sorry for misunderstanding...If your XP boots correctly then there is no problem with the MBR, as to the LInux installation, the MBR is done last, so if you aborted the install before it has finished it will not have installed the GRUB boot loader.If you are trying to recover the 35GB partition, right click My computer, click Manage, click Disk management, select the partition you want to delete ( you may find 2 or 3 partitions have been allocated for Linux, so delete each one and they will merge, then right click the new partition and select format, use NTFS, that will bring your 35GB's back.So you are sure that if i delete them and merge xp mbr will not corrupted? Sorry but i experienced bad mbr issues, so i'm sensitive :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yes it will work, but the only partitions that will merge are the ex Linux partitions, so you will have two partitions , an 8Gb and a 35gb, as the MBR is on the Windows partition, it will not be affected.To actually merge the 35gb with the 8gb you need a program like partition magic or GParted as the Windows OS has to be unmounted to merge.Boris has posted a link to free software called Paragon which will merge your partitions.http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?s...c=38679&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PdR Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Yes it will work, but the only partitions that will merge are the ex Linux partitions, so you will have two partitions , an 8Gb and a 35gb, as the MBR is on the Windows partition, it will not be affected.To actually merge the 35gb with the 8gb you need a program like partition magic or GParted as the Windows OS has to be unmounted to merge.Boris has posted a link to free software called Paragon which will merge your partitions.http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?s...c=38679&hl=thanks a lot Alan2273. I solved the problem with your help. thanks again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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