i can't go in windows7!!!! i need help!!

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i have installed opensuse 11.3 but i have installed it 2 times . now i can’t get in windows 7. can i uninstall opensuse to get other opensuse and windows? and how i can uninstall if i need???

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Hello lassematias,

How did you install it?

Before trying to uninstall, install, delete anything I would gather more information.
If you think you overwrote windows 7 or openSUSE then I recommend you boot a LiveCD and post the output of this command:

fdisk -l

If you haven’t overwrote Windows 7 or openSUSE then the problem is most likely that there are no boot entries for them in grub.
But before trying to reinstall Grub I recommend you post the output of the command I gave you so we can see what’s going on.

Best of luck!:wink:

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i have done a installion cd but my windows files is in hardware and what i do now?
and where i put that code?
and how i reinstall crub?

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Edit the Grub Menu to add Windows entries.

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Hello lassematias,

When booted a liveCD you need to start a terminal and insert the code.
When you’ve booted a KDE liveCD then the terminal should be called Konsole.

Under GNOME you can use xterm.

Good luck!:wink:

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okay! i have setted codes and i have now open kwrite. name is menu.lst-kwrite. what i do now?

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Hello lassematias,

You should add a section that looks like this;

title Windows 7
   root (hd**X**,**x**)
   makeactive
   chainloader +1

But before you do this!

1 Make a backup of menu.lst
Make a backup of menu.lst just to be sure.
You can name it something like menu.lst.bu

**2 Replace the X and the x
**You need to replace the X with the harddisk Windows is on.
Grubs starts counting from zero, so if it’s on your first harddisk it should be root(hd0,x)

Replace the second x with the partition Windows is on.
Again Grub starts counting from 0, so if its the first partition on the first harddisk it should be: root(hd0,0)

If you’re not sure which harddisk and/or which partition you can run this command to see your harddisk layout:

fdisk -l

Good luck!:wink:

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i have done backup :slight_smile: . now i need replace the x and the x but i don’t know how!!

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Hello lassematias,

What exactly don’t you know?
Where to put it? With what to replace the X and the x?

If you post the output of this command:

fdisk -l

And this command:

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

Then I can tell you where to put what.

Good luck!:wink:

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okay!

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2be43639

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1567 12582912 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 1567 1580 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1580 17490 127797075 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 * 17490 30402 103714816 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 17490 17751 2100224 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 17752 20362 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 20363 30401 80629760 83 Linux

linux-iap0:~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on ma loka 18 16:04:50 EEST 2010

THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader

Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVT-22A23T0_WD-WXA0AA9K3837-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVT-22A23T0_WD-WXA0AA9K3837-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500BEVT-22A23T0_WD-WXA0AA9K3837-part6 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

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Hello lassematias,

I assume sda2 is where Windows 7 is installed.
Seeing your menu.lst you can just add this to the bottom of the file:

title Windows 7
   root (hd**0**,**1**)
   makeactive
   chainloader +1

Good luck!:wink:

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thanks!!!
i have now windows!!!

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Thanks the PM’s
I see the friends here got you sorted in my absence !

Try not to panic next time :wink:

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Hello lassematias,

Glad I could help!:slight_smile: