Hello
set up
2 partitions, c and d, c has my windows files (xp pro), d is pretty much empty*
task
I need to get my system to be able to boot from c:
issue/problem
1. somehow my active partition is d, but all my windows files are in c. (d is currently the active partition but d has 3 key boot files that are allowing me to start the my only windows stallation (residing in c)
2. d has 3 critical files (ntldr, boot, and config), if I were to remove this files, I'm not able to boot. (I have tried.. as you can see below)
what I have tried
1. I have run fixboot and fixmbr from winxp pro install media. no change.
2. I have tried to make c the active partition with knopixx live cd and I have put the critical files mentioned above within the c (which seem pretty logical to me but somehow no change, I get an error message ( I can't recall the message exactly but it's basically telling me that I have no boot disk where they systems looks at.
How I came to have the problem
I'm not sure
I had cleaned installed win xp on c, and I had left d for data, then I installed linux with wubi and I used d for my linux/ubuntu/wubi file installation. then I had some problems with my windows installation so I had to clean reinstall windows on c, when I came to check how my system was booting somehow d was the active parition and this critical files came to be installed there, now, I need d to clean install fedora but I'm afraid I can use the d partition freely as long as my booting up is depending on that d partition.
I must be missing something..
any help is appreciated
set up
2 partitions, c and d, c has my windows files (xp pro), d is pretty much empty*
task
I need to get my system to be able to boot from c:
issue/problem
1. somehow my active partition is d, but all my windows files are in c. (d is currently the active partition but d has 3 key boot files that are allowing me to start the my only windows stallation (residing in c)
2. d has 3 critical files (ntldr, boot, and config), if I were to remove this files, I'm not able to boot. (I have tried.. as you can see below)
what I have tried
1. I have run fixboot and fixmbr from winxp pro install media. no change.
2. I have tried to make c the active partition with knopixx live cd and I have put the critical files mentioned above within the c (which seem pretty logical to me but somehow no change, I get an error message ( I can't recall the message exactly but it's basically telling me that I have no boot disk where they systems looks at.
How I came to have the problem
I'm not sure
I had cleaned installed win xp on c, and I had left d for data, then I installed linux with wubi and I used d for my linux/ubuntu/wubi file installation. then I had some problems with my windows installation so I had to clean reinstall windows on c, when I came to check how my system was booting somehow d was the active parition and this critical files came to be installed there, now, I need d to clean install fedora but I'm afraid I can use the d partition freely as long as my booting up is depending on that d partition.
I must be missing something..
any help is appreciated