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WinXP partition inaccessible after removing Linux

Started by saguaro , Jun 21 2005 03:50 AM

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saguaro

Posted 21 June 2005 - 03:50 AM

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I was running WinXP Home and SuSe Linux 9.0 on one HD. Trying to lose Linux, i wrote a new MBR using Win's recovery console ('fixmbr') to get rid of GRUB. After that, BIOS would load but then i'd be stuck with a black screen.

I started the computer from the Win CD but it would not allow me to repair the current installation, and i was unwilling to reformat the whole HD. So i reinstalled Linux (and GRUB)... during installation, everything looked alright and Yast displayed what looked like a normal partition table.

I now have Linux reinstalled, but the Windows partition is completely inaccesible: When i chose it from the boot menu, it will go to a black screen and i'm informed that it is "an unknown file system (0x7)". When i try to access it from Linux, i'm told that the "superblock" is damaged.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!