Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:22 pm
Open a terminal and post the output of
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ntfs-configPage 1 of 1
Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:36 am
Try installing and setting it up. It will set read/write/mount info for ntfs partition. Then do a normal boot into Windows. After that, boot back into Mint to see if the error persists.
Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:50 am
And the NTFS partition is marked as a bootable partition, Windows should probably be fine, it is just that Linux can't mount the volume for some reason.
Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:10 pm
I saw your error messages, looks like the ntfs partition is a bit broken, did you try to resize it and abort or something? And if you have a live CD of GParted, or similar laying about, boot into that, and try to run a check of the NTFS partition.
Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:33 pm
You can add Windows to your grub menu and try to boot it, but it sounds like your ntfs partition got borked when it was resized. Did you manually resize it, or did the installer do it for you? Boot into Mint, open a terminal and run Then insert this at the end of your menu list file under "### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" and save it. It should show up in your grub menu at boot.
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# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:06 am
Post a copy of your /etc/fstab file just to make sure it is pointed in the right direction. Have you tried mounting it manually? Open a terminal and run
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sudo mount /dev/hda1Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:30 am
Try mounting it in a specific directory such as /media. Then if it mounts, it will be in your /media directory.
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sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mediaRe: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:29 pm
I think it is probably beyond repair. You might try testdisk. You can install it with the package manager. It may be able to help you restore the partition to rescue files. It is a CLI tool. Just run testdisk --help for options.
Re: PLEEAASSE HELP!!!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:25 pm
It really depends on what you want to do. I would probably just start over. Reinstall Windows and shrink it. There are a couple of things you need to know before shrinking so you don't bork the partition: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows- ... -problems/ You can use the partitioner tool in Mint (gparted)Menu>Administration>Partition Editor> to make a swap partition, and a EXT3 partition for Mint. When you install Mint, choose manual partitioning and just tell the partitioner to mount the EXT3 partition you created as "/", or root. Here is some info on manual partitioning: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning Just be sure to get Windows installed and shrank successfully first 
Good luck.
Good luck.