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Old 03-02-2005, 02:16 AM   #1
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uh oh windows won't load


windows dont wanna load eep! i geet an error that says somthing about file systeem but it flashes by real quick any quick little help?
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:22 AM   #2
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Well, what did you do right before that happened? Has it been working and just all of a sudden poof; and not work?
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:23 AM   #3
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In your MBR, are both windows and Linux showing? What is the exact message you're getting?
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:40 AM   #4
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mbr?

i get to an os choser i pick windows it goes through the loading screen then goes to a sdreen reminecint in apperence of like a disk check and says xmnt2002 program not found-disk check and theres somthing under it but it flashes by real quick
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:44 AM   #5
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and as far as doing not mutch i installed linux firefox for liniux instaled this
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ to try to see NTFS files and shut down restarted to windows to make shure it was workin and ka-poot it ant
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:49 AM   #6
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Ouch sounds like file system curruption to me. Did you try to write to the ntfs partition? If you did good luck fixing it.
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:52 AM   #7
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no i dont think so... am not shure how i would have-i am verrrrry new to this whole linux thing so i am not entirly shure tho ( honistly not to happy with it right now)
 
Old 03-02-2005, 03:00 AM   #8
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update kinda, sorry for somay post ina row but i have no idea how to fix this... any hwoo it say (upon closer examination) xmnt2002 program not found skipping autocheck then it restarts. i got no idea whats going on. need sleep now tho.
 
Old 03-02-2005, 03:26 AM   #9
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U can go to linux and fdisk , change the windows partions from hidden NTFS to NTFS type(17). Restart and boot to win2000. That should fix it.
 
Old 03-02-2005, 05:54 AM   #10
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can't you boot into recovery console from xp 2k disk, and run the "fixmbr" command.

that will kill linux tough I think, but get you into windows it might only be on the xp disk haven't used 2k for awhile sorry

more info on fixmbr here

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ons_fixmbr.asp
 
Old 03-02-2005, 10:25 AM   #11
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here's a better idea.... mkfs -t ext3 /dev/windowspartition
 
Old 03-02-2005, 02:11 PM   #12
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Fixing the mbr has nothing to do with it. The files system needs to be changed from hidden ntfs to regular ntfs in linux it is number 17. That will take care of the problem.
 
Old 03-02-2005, 05:59 PM   #13
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how do i go abouut running fdisk in linux?
 
Old 03-02-2005, 07:39 PM   #14
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man fdisk
 
Old 03-02-2005, 07:59 PM   #15
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alright figured that out, but how do i un hide the NTFS
 
  


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