Retail computer won't allow second OS

[grrl]

I have a Samsung CP30 Magic Station computer purchased in Korea that came loaded with Korean XP. I partitioned the hard drive and installed English 2k, but after that kept getting an error message that a file was missing (the DOS message was incomplete, and pointed to a directory that didn't sound like a normal Windows one). Even when I selected XP from the bootlist, it would try to load 2K. So, I formatted the whole HD, reloaded 2K and it would freeze right before the boot logo appeared.

I've been told this has something to do with the BIOS, but there no workaround in the set up screen. Anyone know what is happening and how to get it to work?

 

[imported_Tick]

I don't think it will work. I believe that the bios is locked, so it will only allow a certain OS to boot. You could try a bios flash with an unofficial bios.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: Tick
I don't think it will work. I believe that the bios is locked, so it will only allow a certain OS to boot. You could try a bios flash with an unofficial bios.

Why would any company do that? Samsung came and attempted to load my system, then gave up. Even they dont know how to do it?

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: Tick
I don't think it will work. I believe that the bios is locked, so it will only allow a certain OS to boot. You could try a bios flash with an unofficial bios.

Why would any company do that? Samsung came and attempted to load my system, then gave up. Even they dont know how to do it?

To lock you in, force you to buy diff. comp if you move or want to upgrade.

 

[grrl]

Does Dell or any of the others do that? It's seems rather pointless here in Korea since most Koreans buy Korean and anything imported gets slapped with high tariffs.

 

[Yanagi]

are you running win 2k and win xp dual boot?

Try fdisk, partition, install XP on C: and then win2k on another partition. i know XP screws around with the boot table sometimes and that its recommended to install XP first if you're running dual boot

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: Yanagi
are you running win 2k and win xp dual boot?

Try fdisk, partition, install XP on C: and then win2k on another partition. i know XP screws around with the boot table sometimes and that its recommended to install XP first if you're running dual boot

That's what I did. The computer came with XP, I partitioned the HD, loaded 2K, but never got it to boot.