Hi, it seems hopeless to rescue the Windows 7 partition, without buying an installation disc, and that I don't want to do. I have still some time to return the laptop, and until then I'll try installing just Suse on it, seeing whether it is acceptable (it is a gift for my nephew). But just forgetting about the windows isn't so easy, since the Suse installation process can't repartition anything (so it says). So apparently I have to use the Suse rescue system and then fdisk on it? I would be glad if somebody could recommend how to use it, so that then I won't have problems with the Suse 11.4 installation. Oliver On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 08:22:57AM +0100, Oliver Kullmann wrote:
As I suggested upthread, http://ultimatebootcd.com/ has an iso you can burn that enables such repairs as well as many others, and hardware tests, and more. It includes Ranish Partition Manager, which can write a new standard MBR (partman /mbr) as well as set the boot flag (interactive operation).
Do you mean "Boot Partition"? At http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm it doesn't mention Windows 7, and thus I guess it won't help?
Anyway, I burned it to DVD, but the laptop can not boot it:
"No bootable device --- insert boot disk and press any key"
where (of course) I enabled booting from CD/DVD (same as with the Suse DVD which still works).
I don't have an "install CD" (I don't remember that I ever got such a thing; definitely not with the last two laptops I bought).
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