I tried to delete the openSUSE installer from the vista bootloader, but the program deleted the VISTA loader instead of the openSUSE installer…
so now everytime my computer restarts, it only loads the openSUSE installer.
How can do I get the vista loader back and uninstall the openSUSE?
So far, I’ve used the vista DVD, went to command prompt and did the bootrec.exe /fixMbr, but that didnt work…
any suggestions??? i DO NOT want to reformat vista…
that didnt work…
the problem is, the openSUSE installer is defaulted to running and doesnt even give me the option to run vista bootloader…
I need someway to either
a) re-install the vista loader to give me the option to run the O/S
b) delete the openSUSE install loader, and then re-installing the vista loader…
either way, i need to load vista
those bootrec.exe /blahblah
does not work…
and i do CANNOT reformat my drive as I have EXTREMELY important files I need…
just didnt think it would be so ****ing complicated with openSUSE
That does not make sense. If the CD/DVD drive has been set to boot first, once you put a bootable media disc in there it will boot from that, be it an openSUSE cd/dvd or windows.
oops sorry…
basically, when i boot from my vista DVD, and try doing the fixes thru command prompt, it just does not fix vista.
when i run from my harddisk, i go straight into my linux instal loader… which i do NOT want to happen.
any help?
Why not try from the sticky at the top of the install/boot/login page.
Fixing vista multiboot with openSUSE - openSUSE Forums
Good Luck,
Ian
I dont have openSUSE installed…just the INSTALLER.
but im guessing i now need to install opensuse to fix my vista?
is there any way to just DELETE the installer through cmd prompt???
Were you installing from within windows?
It might have just happened that Vista had been marked as an inactive partition. I’m not sure if any other tools do this, but if you boot up in a livecd you can set the Vista partition as bootable and that will allow you to boot into Vista. (In theory at least, and only if it’s the case that the Vista partition is not marked as bootable).
For example, this is the output of fdisk -l on my computer:
ian@linux-0gou:~> su
Password:
linux-0gou:/home/ian # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000080
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 18930 152055193+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 18931 30312 91425915 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 18931 19192 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 19193 21803 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 21804 30312 68348511 83 Linux
Notice the linux extended partition is set to boot. If you just formated the linux partition, the Vista partition still might not be active.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/24/1293578/cfdisk_thumb.png](http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/24/1293578/cfdisk.png)
The above screenshot is the output of
cfdisk /dev/sda
With this tool you can mark the vista partition as bootable and that should let you boot with Vista.
Good Luck,
Ian