urgent help

recovery console any lets me work with existing installations
can't use fdisk
eg
1: c|windows

which windows installation would you like to log onto

blackforce wrote:
> boot of a windows cd and select recovery console
>
> Then use the fdisk /mbr.
>
> Try that.
>
> Otherwise it will be a matter of connecting your drive to another pc,
then
> salvaging any data like PST files off.
>
> "Chris taylor" wrote:
>
>> yes I'm thinking that the boot section is corrupt just a guess on my
side.
>> but what I need to know is how do I get windows to alouw me to even
do a
>> new install but I really would like to use the old install as I have
got
>> files and email that I woulds like
>>
>> blackforce wrote:
>>> If your hard drive has an existing windows installation on it, then
when you
>>> put in the XP cd and go to install. It should detect a previous
installation
>>> and allow you to repair it. If it does not detect it then you could
well have
>>> a disk fault as you said earlier and windows has got corrupted..
>>>
>>> "Chris taylor" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris taylor wrote:
>>>>> My computer is doing funny things
>>>>> First it has virous or adware on it
>>>>> second it showed as having a disk IO error ( disk is working fine )
>>>>> now windows will not boot so I tried to do a repair windows it
just hung
>>>> Ned Kelly did not hang that long
>>>> so I tried to do a new install
>>>> windows gets to searching for old version of windows and hangs
first I
>>>> would like to repair old ver of windows if not I would like to do new
>>>> install. how do I get windows for find old ver or to forget and
let me
>>>> do new install.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help
>>>> Chris
>>>>