Installed Linux, Can't boot XP

[cleverhamster]

I had mandrake 9.0 and XP working perfectly together. Lilo would load up when I started my computer and I could choose what I wanted. But I forgot my root password and so I had to reinstall linux.

After I reinstalled Linux, I did a reboot and now windows is not even an option in Lilo. I don't know how to boot xp now. The partition for xp is still there when I load up partition magic from a floppy, but it's not labeled C: and I can't boot it.

Is there any way I can recover my data and boot into XP?

[rid3r]

assuming you have one harddrive, login as root and issue a command to list your partitions:
# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hda
don't forget the "-l" option
to save the output to a file:
# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hda > /directory_to_save/hda.txt
# chown cleverhamster:users /directory_to_save/hda.txt

# cat /etc/fstab > /directory_to_save/fstab.txt
will save your filesystem table, post it here.

[rid3r]

if you are sure you have Lilo, not Grub:
# cat /etc/lilo.conf > /home/cleverhamster/lilo.txt

[cleverhamster]

Is this the data you were asking for?

Device Boot Start End
/dev/hda1 * 65 3720
/dev/hda2 1 64
/dev/hda3 3721 4866

Blocks ID System
29366788+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
514048+ 82 Linux Swap
9205245 83 Linux


boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi quiet"
vga=791
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi failsafe"
read-only
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe

[cleverhamster]

I uninstalled linux and changed the master boot record. Windows now boots up fine. I'm going to install Linux again, but I'll get it right this time.

[rid3r]

sorry I wasn't here to answer your post, your lilo was missing the line for windows, something like:
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label=Windows
good luck installing it this time.