Guest bjc Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 I have dual boot with M-L version 8 and Windows 95. Making rescue diskette(s) in Windows, the system does not complete the job. In Linux, there is no problem making Linux rescue diskette. Would this be due to Lilo, or is the problem something broken in Windows only? Any help or comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 It's highly doubtful that LILO screwing up the making of your windows rescue disk. The making of windows rescue disk is basically just format a floppy disk with format /s then copying a few files such as drivers and a compressed form of a few utilities such as format, fdisk, scandisk and others. It is more possible that your windows installation is corrupted somehow. I mean, the way windows (especially 9x edition) is designed, it is pretty much a common knowledge that you have to reformat and reinstall every few months to clean up the registry and files. Since your linux can finish making the rescue disk, I think hardware wise you are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bjc Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Hello DragonMage: Thanks for your reply. In that case, I'll keep on "as is" until Windows95 does quit completely, then I'll re-install it. Good to know that Lilo is not the source of problem. Generally on Linux all the time; Windows is rarely used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Check this site out.. http://www.bootdisk.com/ Also, when you say it doesn't finish making the rescue floppy, why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 beware that when you go to install win95 again, it is going to overwrite the master boot record, and lilo along with it. you'll have to doctor your MBR after the windows install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 It's pretty easy to do by booting off of CD1, hit F1, type rescue and select from the menu.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bjc Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Hello Ezroller and Cannonfodder: Thanks for the cautionary advice on fixing Windows95 in the presence of Lilo, and the method to do it off the CD. I've copied your notes into Emacs and saved it to file "windowrepair.txt" for future reference so as not to rely solely on memory. I hope the day won't come, but if it does, I'm ready. Thanks again. I'm looking for the day I won't need any Windows or Lilo, but for now I have a few things I do in Windows. Oops! Cannonfodder: I didn't see the web site. I visited it and downloaded the bootdisk for W95. Good site which I bookmarked. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 I think I bookmarked it a year ago when I had a similar problem for 98 :) Kept it around for a rainy day LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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