wanna fdick /mbr, but cannot boot to windows!

[yeepin]

This is actually a follow-through from my previous post at http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/014518.html about dual-boot. (The same old Dual-Boot problem: Laptop locks up at "loading dos")

After trying the various suggestions, (without successs). I was going to try fdisk /mbr or even to the extent of reinstalling windows. The problem is that I cannot even boot up using the win98 boot disk! The floppy drive lights up for a few secs and then stops. And the screen remains blank.

I'm very sure that the boot disk is working becoz I used it before. Anyway, I created another boot disk and it still doesn't work. Not even when I tried other boot disks (e.g. Partition Magic etc)

What is wrong? Anyone? This is so weird!

[TechHead]

You might have had your bios flashed.. eeks!

( your bios is that chip on your motherboard that controlls the stuff like your floppy and hard drives.. cd drive.. etc..)

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[Linuxman]

... or your floppy drive is kaput.

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[yeepin]

I think my floppy is working coz I can still mount it in linux and get files stored on my floppies. My screen is definitely working.

Errr... so what do I do now to salvage the situation?

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[yeepin]

Hi guys! I spent days trying to solve my prob and finally I think I have got a clue to what has happened (after searching all the support/knowledge base of those programs that I suspected caused the prob). It's probably caused by Partition Magic.

I know quite a few of us use Partition Magic out there. So I'm posting the link here so that others will know what to do. Guess I'm the unfortunate one heh?
http://support.powerquest.com/publisher/publisher.asp?hotid=2ffc8979-b182-11d4-adf1-00508bdf5b82&number=8

As for me, I just have to grit my teeth and go thru the recommended solution and risk losing my partitions *sob*.

Always back up your stuff!!

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