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Cannot boot into windows

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/cannot-boot-into-windows.35181/

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Aragorn Original post #1
Aug 29, 2006 at 1:27 PM
guys, whenever i boot thru my HDD, i get an error saying that
DISK BOOT FAILURE, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
but when the cd-rom is set as the first boot device, with the xp pro cd in it, the comp boots properly!!! this never used to happen before.........plz help
QwertyManiac
QwertyManiac #2
Aug 29, 2006 at 1:48 PM
Well, this happened once when I messed up my Fedora Core installation and made 2 primary partitions instead. Then, all I remember doing was run a fixmbr and fixboot which apparently didnt work, then I used the recovery console and deleted the new partition and made it free space, now windows booted. After booting I added the freespace to an extended partition via the fdisk options...
Stalker
Stalker #3
Aug 29, 2006 at 4:24 PM
u may find something useful here
*www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-010355.htm