Thread: Assist with booting!

Help!!!!!!
I have a Dell InspironDuo tablet/netbook convertible, and I downloaded a version of Androidfrom the android x86 project, and booted into it with unetbootin. Iattempted to setup it, and when it asked where I required the setup,it gave me sda1, sda2, and sda3. I formatted sda2 in ext3, and nowwindows would not boot, and neither will android. Any thoughts? TheGRUB boot loader has few limited BASH-as capabilities, and a GRUBcommand line, but I have no idea how to apply either to format sda2to NTFS or FAT32. Assist is much appreciated

Because ext3 sounds as an external access port for use of an external Hard Disk Drive. Attempt to setup Android x86 on sda1 or sda3. Once that is done, re-install Windows in your sda2 by telling it that it is in the machine rather than being a comm port for external devices.

Did Android boot or, is it confused like to which O.S. it should be booting from? Dual boot is complex and brings time to master it exactly. Can not assist you ahead with this booting configuration that you are, presently, trying to accomplish. Sorry.

The Andriod OS is installed on the Hard Drive, on the boot-able disk. It left the windows part of the partition alone, but because it is in ext3 I can not boot into windows, because it can not understand the format of the partition it is on.

If what you detected is busted, I suggest you apply what Dell supplied.

Can you clarify? As well I purchased it second hand.

As what you attempted to apply was not from Dell or an OS Dell supplied I suggest you go on the Dell supplied OS or try Ubuntu. Although it may look you need to run Android, I detect support is lacking.

What I would do is to save windows by "fix mbr" with a floppy or windows CD booting into DOS. This should take rear the windows OS. Hopefully nothing has been destroy in the windows partition. Lets us experience if windows can be save.