Henke Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Hi! I recently decided to reinstall everything on my computer to make a new partition setup. When rebooting with my windows xp professional disk (orignal ofc) I get to the usual "press any key to boot from cd.." followed by "Checking hardware...". During this step my screen turns black and my computer gets scilent. have tried several times.There is no problem with my cd (tried it on my laptop this morning) nor is there a problem with the hardware (I had windows xp professional on it just until now, although it was not me who installed it)Do you have an idea about what could be wrong?I think that it could be due to the fact that I have two HDDs. could it help to physically unmount one of them before trying to install?It could also be a consequence to my partition setup. I have currently no windows partitions since I delited those partitions recently to try to create a ext3 LUKS-encrypted partition - just to see if it woked fine (it did). Is it possible that the installation freezes because windows cant recognize the partitions? could it help to format both hard drives?This is my current partition setup:I normally use dualboot between windows xp professional and debian testing linux/gnuHDD#1 (this is the one bought with windows pre-installed) #30 gb free space (this is the one I was hoping windows installation cd would find)#130 gb ext3 logical partition which is encrypted with LUKSHDD#2#Debian testing Linux/Gnu. /home /root and /swap partitions. neither are encrypted.What do I need to do to be able to install windows on my computer again? (Booting the Linux installation cd is no problem)Thanks in advace.Henrik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 In view of your remarks in another thread, the reply here will bump up this thread to the top page again.I'm sure people are not ignoring you, there have been, at the time of me writing this, 40 viewings of your post and the only reason I can imagine that you have not had a response so far is that your problem cannot be answered by those particular people..As andsome points out, everyone here is a volunteer and not everyone comes on line everyday. I'm sure that when someone is able to help you, they will do and I am sorry that you are feeling ignored on your first visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4\/!d Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I know you cannot dual boot/install XP if you already have Vista on your machine.You have to install the programs in a certain order. XP first then Vista.Maybe it's the same with Linux.I dunno, I use Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henke Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 In view of your remarks in another thread, the reply here will bump up this thread to the top page again.I'm sure people are not ignoring you, there have been, at the time of me writing this, 40 viewings of your post and the only reason I can imagine that you have not had a response so far is that your problem cannot be answered by those particular people..As andsome points out, everyone here is a volunteer and not everyone comes on line everyday. I'm sure that when someone is able to help you, they will do and I am sorry that you are feeling ignored on your first visit.Thank you! I know you cannot dual boot/install XP if you already have Vista on your machine.You have to install the programs in a certain order. XP first then Vista.Maybe it's the same with Linux.There is a point of installing windows before linux when attempting a dual boot. this is because GRUB automatically detects operating systems when it is installed. Grub could be manually configured afterwards however. the problem anyhow is not in linux but in the windows installation I don't know how it generally works in windows, but it feels like I should get a error message or something when the installation freezes. right?My guess is that windows can't recognize the partitions.Is there a way to get back to the ground zero? formating both hard drives?If someone could tell me how this is done I will try it as soon as I have time.I know, for example how to change to all zeros or random (not a perfect random algorithm) ones and zeros,But it would feel good if I could use a partition tool or similar that is made for windows. can you give me examples of how this could be done? is there a windows live cd that contains partitioning tools?perhaps when both hard drives are clean I can try to install windows again. If that does not help perhaps one could physically unmount one of the hard drives.IDEAS?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 But it would feel good if I could use a partition tool or similar that is made for windows.Super F diskG PartedI have spent hours bending these to my will. Sometimes I have had the pleasure of getting the upper hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henke Posted May 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 G Partednice. now how do I create a windwos live dvd with G parted?and what do I do with it afterwards? just delete all partitions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Try this:Use Debian to create a FAT32 partition where you want to install WindowsDisconnect the other HDDInstallAlso - make sure your install media is working properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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