Reinstalling windows xp without effecting linux.

sandeep9285 · #1 Jul 2, 2008, 04:16 AM

I had 80GB hard disk and in that both windows xp and Linux(RHEL-5) were installed.
I am facing some problem with windows xp and i decided to reinstall it.
After booting form windows xp cd i got the blank screen but i can able to boot perfectly from windows xp cd by deleting linux partitions. Can anyone please suggest me how to install windows xp without deleting linux partitions.

Curlyben · Jul 2, 2008, 04:26 AM

Simply install XP on a seperate partition.

sandeep9285 · Jul 2, 2008, 05:28 AM

After booting from xp cd it gives blank screen then how can i select seperate partition.

JBeaucaire · Jul 2, 2008, 06:37 AM

Your hard drive needs to HAVE more than one partition. If you only have one partition now, this could get dicey to reconfigure into 2 or more partitions without losing the existing data and having to completely reinstall both OS on the separate partitions.

KeepItSimpleStupid · Jul 2, 2008, 08:56 AM

You'll need a dual bootloader such as GAG or Grub

see:
GNU GRUB - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

GAG, the Graphical Boot Manager

You'll probably need www.sysyresccd.org to load it

and you'll have to modify boot.ini

NeedKarma · Jul 2, 2008, 09:07 AM

Yep, he'll need to edit Grub or install and configure it.



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