Lost Operating System

[*desk*]

Because I had to replace my Hard Drive I obviously had to install my two operating systems which are XP and FC6.

I partioned half the drive with NTFS and the other half with Ext3 and Swap.

I installed XP first, then FC6...................When I booted, grub did not give me a choice, I couldn't use XP.

I re-installed XP.......................When I booted I was given no choice, I couldn't use FC6

Please can you help,never had this problem before.

[bob]

Did you use gparted live: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php for the partitioner? That would be a good first step. Then, set up NTFS, Swap and Ext 3 as you want, NTFS being on the first partition for XP's preferences. After that, install XP and finally Fedora so that grub overwrites the mbr and allows a dual boot.

So, where you are now, maybe you can save a whole reinstall of everything if you do this:

1. Boot off the 1st Fedora CD or use the Fedora Rescue CD
2. At the boot prompt type 'linux rescue'
3. The rescue mode will find the fedora installation
4. Type 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' (without quotes)
5. Type 'grub-install /dev/hda' (to install Grub to the MBR of the 1st HD)
6. Restart and you should get the boot menu - of course XP will be identified as 'other'.

[*desk*]

Thank you Bob
That worked fine...........much better idea than re-installing.