"dendulk" <dend***@cybercomm.nl> wrote in message
news:422dd995$0$1030$dbd49001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> Dear Hardware experts,
>
> I struggle with the following problem. I can not access my windows XP
> anymore. But I can access it with the repair part which I start from the
> WindowsXP cd-rom instead of choosing to install windowsXP. So when I am in
> that repair mode I can access my partition. but when I use fixmbr or
fixboot
> and restart my machien nothing wil help. If I look at the partition table
> which can be accessed by the command diskpart then my there is the message
> "Partition Inactive (OS/2 boot man" behind my partition.
>
> This is how the problem is occured.
> I had two Operating Systems on my computer. Linux and windowsXP. I had no
> bootloader or whatsoever. Then I started the program pqboot from partition
> Magic. A command line program started from which I could choose which
> partition to start. I choosed the linux partition and then the computer
> restarted and my machine didn't start any operating systems at all. So I
> thought I start my windowsXP cdrom and use fixboot and fixMBR. but that
> didn't worked out. what kan I do? after that I used my 2,8 GB to install
> another windowsXP so I might get access to my other partition. but I
> couldn't access the other partition as well. I can now only access my
> partition from that restore/repair which can be started from the windowsXP
> cd-rom.
>
> what can I do? please help me out.
>
> best regards,
> Piet den Dulk
>
>