[kde-doc-english] Defective Boot Record - Red hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3.

[Marvin Kaylor]

Linux boots ok to GRUB.  It does not boot to KDE.  It worked OK until I 
installed an additional, high capacity hard drive on my computer.  It 
even continued to work OK after Windows crashed and had to be 
reinstalled by the seller at a previous time. 

The computer is a single desktop computer without network connections 
and has partitions for both Microsoft Windows XP Professional as well as 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 on drive C.  It has a 2.8 gHz 
chip, 1 gByte Ram, and a total of 361 gBytes of hard disk storage space 
on two hard drives.  The first hard drive is 111 gBytes, the second is 
250 gBytes.  The second drive has 2 partitions of approximately 1/2 of 
its capacity.  One half is devoted to Windows XP while the other half is 
devoted to Linux. 

Windows XP Pro boots normally and Linux boots to grub.  The computer 
works OK in all other respects.  I get a message when I try to boot to 
KDE that says it has a defective boot record and that the boot signature 
is missing. 

I need advice on how to proceed without creating new problems with the 
remainder of the system.  I have a backup of the entire system but it 
did not allow me to recover from the Windows crash and I have little 
faith in it's ability to be reinstalled if I lose data in trying to fix 
this problem.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Marv Kaylor