Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware

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    bjarvis2785

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    Hi all,

    Been a reader of this forum for a few days, and have been following the guide for dual booting Linpus and XP.
    I have successfully re-partitioned the hard drive with a ntfs partition for windows.
    However, when i try installing windows, after it's copied it's initial setup files and rebooted i get the following error (i believe this is where people normally get the hal.dll error).

    The Microsoft knowledge base suggests it could be a problem with the boot.ini
    I have made sure that my partitions are labeled correctly (i.e. windows is on sda2) and also run through the fix for boot.ini to make sure everything is pointing to partition 2 and not 3.

    If i try to reboot into Linpus i get the black screen with blinking cursor - although i have fixed this now by restoring grub.conf.

    If it helps, i am trying to install XP from a USB key that was prep'd with USB_prep8 and bootsect.

    I sat there for around 4 hours last night trying everything i could find on the internet last night and am now slightly bald from all the hair pulling! :(
     
    bjarvis2785, Jan 8, 2009
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    bjarvis2785

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    it doesn't matter now...

    it seems that for some reason the system thought i had two versions of XP running.
    I eventually messed it all up even more and got a BOOTMGR MISSING error and so am restoring right back to factory.

    will try again
     
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    I've got the same problem at the moment. Somebody knows how to solve it?
     
    JoJo, Jan 11, 2009
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    Tamis, Jan 27, 2009
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