Can't boot into MS Windows partition

The first partition of my second hard disk (/dev/sdb1) is occupied by Windows XP. It is and old install and I haven't booted into it for a couple of years. (I seem to remember that, when I installed Debian on the actual first hd (/dev/sda1), I had ...

Message posted on the July 17th, 2012 - 11:30 AM ET

Windows SteadyState: Manage, protect and secure your PC

If your family uses the same computer, in what state will you find it after just a few days use? The hard drive is full of downloaded files, the settings have been changed, new programs have suddenly appeared, or your computer may have even become ...

Review published on the January 10th, 2008 - 10:44 AM ET

Guide to Windows XP optimisation

This tutorial is written for beginner's right through to people who regularly use the Windows XP operating system. You will discover new things about the system that you should look out for, especially in order to keep an optimized system, and ways ...

Review published on the March 23rd, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows XP repair tools

When your computer gets infected, locks up during a procedure, fails during an installation or you encounters a driver or hardware problem, then you may need to get your hands into the engine to see what's going on. Here are a range of tools that ...

Review published on the July 19th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Hard Drive partition table: explanations

The partition table, or Master Boot Record (MBR), designates the first accessible sector on a hard drive. This contains the partitions description table, a start up program and a special signature. This tutorial will present all of these elements in ...

Review published on the October 25th, 2003 - 6:00 PM ET

Paragon Partition Manager 11 Professional – Premier Physical and Virtual Drive Partitioning Tool – Gets Major Update; Now Supports AFDs, 2TB+ Drives and More

Supports All Operating Systems, Disk Types and Capacities; Performs System Migration and Hard Disk Maintenance Tasks of Any Complexity; Available Free to Partition Manager 11 Pro Users.

Press published on the June 16th, 2011 - 6:42 AM ET

How to partition your disk for Linux

Partitioning your hard disk is the hardest and most crucial step in the installation of a Linux operating system. Linux is of course a lot easier to install now then it once was, but the creation of partitions is inevitable and requires some basic ...

Review published on the June 20th, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Optimize Windows Vista (part two)

After out first article dedicated to the optimization of Windows Vista, there were still some things that we still wanted to look at. This is why we have decided to write a second article, with our selection of tips and tricks that will allow you to ...

Review published on the April 23rd, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

remove Windows partition

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 last week choosing to do so in addition to the Windows OS so that I'd have time to test Linux before setting it up as my ONLY OS. Having done all I regularly do on the the computer, I decided to remove the Windows OS ...

Message posted on the June 3rd, 2012 - 7:18 AM ET

Windows-Partition für User nicht beschreibbar

Hallo, auf meinem Rechner kann nur root schreibend auf die Windows-Partition zugreifen, Usern wird das verwehrt. Die Zeile in der /etc/fstab dazu sieht so aus: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HN-M101MBB_S2R8J9AB916867-part2 /windows/C ntfs-3g ...

Message posted on the February 10th, 2013 - 4:17 AM ET

Bug#634649: os-prober does not detect Windows if there is a /boot folder in the Windows partition

Package: os-prober Version: 1.44ubuntu1 If the Windows partition contains a /boot/grub/core.img folder (this occurs when beginners install GRUB by mistake in the Windows partition), os-prober won't detect Windows any more. I believe this is due ...

Message posted on the July 19th, 2011 - 5:30 AM ET

restore Windows partition to C: again and be able to boot?

I have been doing some updates on my wife's Dell Inspiron 700m laptop. Note that a long time ago I upgraded the hard drive so it is not the original Dell hard drive. I did notice that there is an additional unmounted partition of about 3.5 GB at the ...

Message posted on the June 2nd, 2009 - 11:48 AM ET

windows partition corrupted

Greetings all, I installed debian on my girlfriend's laptop and I was doing a routinely dist-upgrade (unstable) yesterday, which yields a corrupted windows partition (C:). I thought grub or something corrupted it I cannot boot into WinXP or mount ...

Message posted on the March 14th, 2011 - 8:00 AM ET

Restore Windows partition by bootable Linux system

Hi! what is the easiest way to create a bootable USB Stick with a basic Linux system which can restore some backuped Windows partition. I thought about a small bootable Linux (which?) which copies one file into a /dev device (which dev device?) Do I ...

Message posted on the December 11th, 2009 - 9:23 AM ET