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I original have 3 Windows XP
(different languages) respectively in partition hda1 (1st
partition), hda3, and hda4. Partition hda2 was empty. I then repartitioned hda2
to become 3 consecutive partitions & the previous partition hda3 & hda4
became hda5 and hda6 but there was no change with the actual disk location
where the 3 Windows partitions resided. Then I installed Red Hat Linux with
/boot in hda2, swap in hda3 & / in hda4. I used Grub to configure for
multiple boot during the installation. After installation
(without error), I was able to boot Linux and Windows XP of hda1 (the 1st
partition). But when I booted the Windows XP of either partition hda5 or hda6,
booting failed and the following error message was displayed: “The following file is damaged
or missing, unable to boot Windows: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll
……..” I tried to recover from the Windows
XP installation CD, but I was unable to boot the CD (booting of the CD works on
another PC). When the PC displayed “Hit any key to boot from CD ….”, I hit ENTER and it displayed “Setup is
inspecting your hardware configuration”, then screen blanked and the PC
hung. I needed to reset the PC and the same process repeated. Booting of the
Linux installation CD is fine. Note that the Windows XP installation CDs booted
well before the Linux installation. How can I recover the boot record
(or something else) so that I can boot from the Windows Installation CD as well
as the 2 Windows XP in partition hda5 & hda6? --Andrew Tsang |
