I installed Linux and lost Windows. Please help?

Question

I am learning red hat linux and I am new to computers. My instructor had us load virtual boxes on our computers so I did. Then my linux box stopped working. Then I put in my linux DVD in and rebooted the computer. I did the install thinking I was fixing my computer, but now when the computer boots, it goes straight to RHEL and I can't get to Windows Vista anymore. Please Help!

Answer 1

If you didn't create a separate partition to install Linux into, then it will erase all data on your hard drive including Windows and install the Linux Operating System. That means that Windows is gone and so is basically everything else. If you did install Linux as a second OS either on a second partition or on a second hard drive, then restart your computer and it should ask you to boot in Linux or Windows. Then, simply select Windows or Linux using the up and down arrow keys and the return key.



The reason you're instructor told you to load it in a virtual machine is so that you can have both running at the same time and sharing resources.

Answer 2

yea, you didn't install in a virutal box you installed in the real deal, which means you completly overwrote windows with linux. sorry. its not that bad, ive never used red hat but pretty much every linux distro has the popular packeges. it uses YUM right? thats got everything you need to make a fully functional and pwnage linux box.

Answer 3

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