I remain speechlessIf I'm able to get the project off my harddrive that I've been working on for the last six weeks, the person that helped me most directly will receive $20USD via PayPal.
Forced migration from Windows XP
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Try this it worked for me !
1.) Boot your PC
Stupid I know ... you probably already did that
2.) Open a terminal
We will use it for a bunch of commands ...
3.) Unmount the partition in question
Code:
sudo umount /mnt/hdd1
This part should finish without errors ... If there is an error, stop here!
4.) Modify /etc/fstab
We become root and open an editor:
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
Change this line (taken from your posting) .... :
Code:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 vfat user,rw,auto 0 0
... into this:
Code:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 ext3 defaults 0 0
When done, save the file and close the editor. You should be back in the terminal and have your input prompt again.
5.) Format the drive
You make yourself root again and format the drive now:
Code:
sudo mkfs -t ext3 -L MyDataHDD1 /dev/hdd1
"MyDataHDD1" is a volume label ... you can leave this (incl. that "-L" parameter) away if you want. Depending on the drive and its size formatting might take a few minutes. If there is any error it should show up right there in the terminal
6.) Let's test this ...
You make yourself root again and try if you can mount the new drive:
Code:
sudo mount /mnt/hdd1
Because we entered all neded parameters into /etc/fstab the drive should be mounted without errors. Try if you can list it's directory:
Code:
ls -al /mnt/hdd1
Stupid I know ... you probably already did that
2.) Open a terminal
We will use it for a bunch of commands ...
3.) Unmount the partition in question
Code:
sudo umount /mnt/hdd1
This part should finish without errors ... If there is an error, stop here!
4.) Modify /etc/fstab
We become root and open an editor:
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
Change this line (taken from your posting) .... :
Code:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 vfat user,rw,auto 0 0
... into this:
Code:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 ext3 defaults 0 0
When done, save the file and close the editor. You should be back in the terminal and have your input prompt again.
5.) Format the drive
You make yourself root again and format the drive now:
Code:
sudo mkfs -t ext3 -L MyDataHDD1 /dev/hdd1
"MyDataHDD1" is a volume label ... you can leave this (incl. that "-L" parameter) away if you want. Depending on the drive and its size formatting might take a few minutes. If there is any error it should show up right there in the terminal
6.) Let's test this ...
You make yourself root again and try if you can mount the new drive:
Code:
sudo mount /mnt/hdd1
Because we entered all neded parameters into /etc/fstab the drive should be mounted without errors. Try if you can list it's directory:
Code:
ls -al /mnt/hdd1
Had the same 'NTLDR is missing' message a couple of days back when I was messing around trying to add a 2nd linux partition to my existing mint and xp dual-boot.
If you still need to boot into windows, here is what I did.
Went to this site:
http://www.tinyempire.com/shortnotes/fi ... issing.htm
on my laptop and burned the FixNTLDR.iso to cd. Loaded cd on broken pc and was able to boot into windows again.
Hope this helps.
If you still need to boot into windows, here is what I did.
Went to this site:
http://www.tinyempire.com/shortnotes/fi ... issing.htm
on my laptop and burned the FixNTLDR.iso to cd. Loaded cd on broken pc and was able to boot into windows again.
Hope this helps.