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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Ralph Spencer on March 07, 2009, 12:20:19 AM

Title: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: Ralph Spencer on March 07, 2009, 12:20:19 AM

Greetings

My XP Install (from a disc with unknown source) becomes unbootable i.e. reaches the XP splash screen and reboots when I create a partition. I create the partitions using GParted in Ubuntu Linux. All advices, comments are welcome.

Thanks in advance.
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Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: quaxo on March 07, 2009, 12:34:08 AM

What do you mean your disc is from an unknown source?

And why are you using Gparted to create the partitions? Why not use Windows setup?

Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: Ralph Spencer on March 07, 2009, 12:42:46 AM

Greetings

Thanks for reply.

Booting with that disc just formats the hard-drive, creates a partition of 60.xx MB (cant be resized) and the rest space becomes unusable since creating a partition makes the OS unbootable.

I dont have another windows disc.

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Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: Dias de verano on March 07, 2009, 01:16:47 AM

Ralph, is this a burned or a pressed disk you are using?

Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: quaxo on March 07, 2009, 01:20:00 AM

Like I said, what do you mean your disc is from an unknown source? Is it a genuine Windows CD (shiny with holograms on the surface or a manufacturer supplied restoration disc)?

Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: Ralph Spencer on March 07, 2009, 03:38:31 AM

Hello

It is a copied disc, I guess. I don't remember getting it but I have two brothers and cant ask them now.

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Title: Re: XP SP3 Unbootable After Creating New Partitions
Post by: Dias de verano on March 07, 2009, 04:18:25 AM

Quote from: Ralph Spencer on March 07, 2009, 03:38:31 AM

Hello

It is a copied disc, I guess.

Well, the only advice you're going to get from now on is buy a legal Windows disc.