im using a dual boot system xp+fedora 8....my windows crashed and now i hav problem in booting windows..previously i mounted all ntfs partitions..but now im not able to access that drives from fedora...im not able to repair xp. I cant reinstall it since ithat drives contain important data. can anybody help me to remount those partitions
without any loss of data.

So, what is the error when you try to mount those partitions?

im getting a message like due to unclean shutdown(0.0)failed to maount '/dev/sda1... opeation not suported mount is denied because NTFS is marked tobe in use. choose one action

1:if u hav windows then disconnct the external devices by clicking on safely remov hardware icon in the windows
choise 2:if u dont hav windows use the force option for your own responsibility

What about using the force option and mount read only? Your data is safe if you mount read only.

can u help me to do it....

when i use this option
mount -t ntfs-3g/dev/sda1/media/disk -o force;

it give me a message

mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
One can change the type of mount containing the directory dir:
mount --make-shared dir
mount --make-slave dir
mount --make-private dir
mount --make-unbindable dir
One can change the type of all the mounts in a mount subtree
containing the directory dir:
mount --make-rshared dir
mount --make-rslave dir
mount --make-rprivate dir
mount --make-runbindable dir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .
.

try:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1/media/disk -o ro,force

(note there is a space between ntfs-3g and the device).
Also, this device must be in the /etc/fstab file, or you must add the mount point.

thats giving message just like the previous one...

should i modify fstab.
my fstab contain only these data.....

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda10 swap swap defaults 0 0

See my reply to this post. That may get you going in the right direction so that you can see your Windows partition again.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ything-665113/

To mount your ntfs drive:

1/ create directory /mnt/windows
mkdir /mnt/windows
2/ mount the ntfs device in that directory:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1/media/disk /mnt/windows -o ro

But use /usr/darien advice instead, it's the better option.

thanks


i used dariens advice and int worked...

but that time my bootloader failed and i installed grub again using rescue system obtion in the installation cd..
i used grub-install /dev/sda1

but now both option in the bootloader is pointing to fedora..im not able to access windows now

But are you able to mount your windows drive now?
Please post your menu.lst grub file and tell me on which partition windows is.

i installed windows in c drive(sda1).....grub on MBR.....my linux is on sda9.....im not able to mount windows drive now...

Please post your /boot/grub/menu.lst file.

u want the first file in grub directory....the file device.map?


it its like this

this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/sda