Help! I've installed a GNU on the same volume as XP

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nottseagull wrote: »

Are you only selecting options from my pics?

Have you taken a look at most of those pics on-screen? I can hardly read a thing, most are just waaay too fuzzy!

nottseagull wrote: »

There are a host of other options on several lists, one of which
is 'restore windows partition (NTFS) boot backup' (sounds promising!)

Probably would be, if you had a backup to restore from, but probably not in this case - particularly as you don't have NTFS. But what the hell - you don't have a whole lot to lose by trying it.

nottseagull wrote: »

I think I recall all those files you mentioned, especially if they were under blue diamond or text file icons. However I think
'root' was empty, they came under something else.

The HDD's root cannot be empty. The PC's whole file system sits in there! For SliTaz to boot, there must be a number of files there that are Linux-specific. To be clear I'm referring not to the directory called /root, but the root itself, where you get to if you open a file manager - while running from HDD, not from CD - to show your desktop, and then keep hitting the up arrow until you get to / (which is the root directory). Don't forget to select View and "show hidden".