Posted by Alec§taar
Originally posted by AndyFair:
"AlecStaar - GRUB is a Linux bootloader, similar to lilo. It seems to be becoming more popular in Linux distros to use GRUB rather than lilo, I think it's because GRUB looks nicer"
Looks matter! Ease-of-use additionally... e.g.-> Commandline DOS Window/terminal/consoles vs. GUI apps!
(Part of why I did a Tcp/IP worktools set in my toolset in fact: Folk's don't want to work HARDER, they want to work SMARTER (gui easy point-n-click FASTER & SMARTER, usually)).
I think of software I use like I do women &/or cars - You have two girls that can cook, are nice women to be with as people, & do the job in all facets of "human-being'ness", except... One looks as nice as a Ferrari, & the other is just an ordinary car!
(Ala Microsoft - "WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY?", lol!)
* Sad, but quite OFTEN, true - Men? We're pigs! lol...
Originally posted by AndyFair:
"zadrras - I'm not sure why fixmbr doesn't work - it's always worked for me in the past. You could try fixboot instead, which will rewrite all of the Windows boot files."
FixBoot rewrites the boot.ini file, correct? If his is NOT pointing to a valid %WinDir% anymore, it fixes that iirc.
(That COULD be possible, if he for instance, switched drive letters OR the %WinDir% has been blown away...)
Originally posted by AndyFair:
"cybersam - I suggested using the Windows install CD becuase the chances of zadrras having a DOS disk spare were slim (I don't have one either) and since he couldn't get into Windows, he couldn't run a command prompt from there either
Rgds
AndyF"
Agree again on your 3rd point, & same reasoning here!
APK