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FrugArch

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Registered: 2007-10-26

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Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

   Hi:
Since create a new partition and Grub installed on my laptop, this presents the following problem( every time I try to mount the paritición Win):

root@Andrea:/backup-mbr# dmesg | tail

NTFS-fs warning (device sda1): is_boot_sector_ntfs(): Invalid boot sector checksum.
NTFS-fs error (device sda1): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
NTFS-fs error (device sda1): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
NTFS-fs error (device sda1): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.

 
Using fdisk I can see more details of my hard drive:

root@Andrea:~/backup-mbr# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfb72fb72

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        3927    31543596    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            3928        4058     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3            4059        5103     8393962+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4            5104        7297    17623305    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            5104        6148     8393931   83  Linux
/dev/sda6            6149        7297     9229311   83  Linux

root@Andrea:~/backup-mbr# fdisk -ul /dev/sda1

Disk /dev/sda1: 32.3 GB, 32300642304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3926 cylinders, total 63087192 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69205244

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1p1   ?   218129509  1920119918   850995205   72  Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p2   ?   729050177  1273024900   271987362   74  Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p3   ?   168653938   168653938           0   65  Novell Netware 386
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda1p4      2692939776  2692991410       25817+   0  Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

:/Somebody knows how I can reassemble and start ntfs partition of Winxp.?

Thanks

Preacher

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From: UK

Registered: 2006-09-26

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Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

Maybe using a Partition Editor like Partition Magic, PartEd?

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Doehni

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Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

Can you still boot to Windows? Try it, maybe Win sees problems in the file system itself!
A very good thing tocheck partition tables is the program testdisk which you can find on the GParted Live CD (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/): It saved my ass last week!

Good luck!!!

FrugArch

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From: Chile

Registered: 2007-10-26

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Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

Hi:
   
It is not possible to boot windows with grub, or mount from Linux.
        I try to boot from Windows XP cdrom and run chkdsk

By delta_1 at 2007-12-10

FrugArch

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From: Chile

Registered: 2007-10-26

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Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

   
Problem is solved. "Testdisk" is great.
     It was a problem of damage "boot sector":rolleyes:

Thanks Preacher and Doehni

Preacher

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Registered: 2006-09-26

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Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

Well done!  I hope that you enjoy the Arch Experience

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Doehni

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Registered: 2007-05-19

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Re: Problems mounting ntfs partition (Windows XP)

Great it worked for you!

And: welcome to Arch, hope you will enjoy it!