> > >Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 22:33:49 -0400 >From: Andy Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: repairing a ntfs partition with fdisk ? >Message-ID: <20021006023348.GC548@debian> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 05:58:14PM +1000, Matthias Szupryczynski wrote: >> >> Is there any way of repairing the ntfs partition using fdisk or another >> tool under linux ?? >> >> Fortunatly I can still mount the partition to rescue the important >> files, but it is still bad. One would think that the rescue disks should >> be able to deal with that kind of problem, after all, that is what they >> are there for. >> >> Cheers and thanks for listening (and hopefully helping) >> >> Matt > >It's a late reply, but here's a thought: > >If you can mount the partition, but not boot from it, it may be that the >corruption is to the boot sector in the Win2K partition. I think the >Win2K bootable CD has a rescue option using the command line. There you >should be able to do FIXBOOT or something similar to repair the damage. > >-Andy > Just a word of caution here. I had a similar problem with W2k and the repair went OK but as it completed w2k suggested I run "checkdsk /f". This corrupted my kernel image and made the ntfs partition I had on a logical drive in the extended partition unreadable. The blunders I made from there meant I had to reinstall both OS. That's another story though :)
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