Fixing XP installation from Ubuntu...

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TrainTrackHack

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I'm dualbooting XP and Ubuntu, but my XP installation got thrashed - I'm certain the problem is just a simple file system problem. Does anyone know how to fix NTFS partitions from Ubuntu, and whether this is advisable (one of my brickhead siblings needed the XP CD for something, and lost it, so that's really no option, at least right now).
 
hmm..you can use gparted to modify partition size, but I don't know that size would be the problem..
What leads you to the conclusion that it's a file system issue?
 
What leads you to the conclusion that it's a file system issue?
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Experience, gut feeling...
-First, Ubuntu refused to Mount my XP partition, which I believe is a file system issue in this case
-Then, my XP installation started behaving funny, random lock-ups etc.
-After this, I tried booting up in Safe Mode (w and w/o the prompt), and it would always get stuck while loading Mup.sys, in my experience and according to several forums I looked through is usually a result of corruption/file system problem.
-And then, all modes would fail to start, giving me a BSOD - behaving exactly like several times before, when checkdisk, fixmbr and fixboot fixed the problem for me.
 
Nobody? Really? I think I need help with this real soon, every single partition on that HDD (all NTFS) failed to mount in Ubuntu, leading me to believe all of them have some errors, leading me to believe that the disk may be failing (though the error message something about the drive being in use, and something else that made me think it may be as simple as an incomplete shutdown of Windows or something...)
 
You need to do a forced mount of the partitions. When that message appears, there will appear a line where writes "sudo mount" or something like that. Type all that in the terminal to do a forced mount so the partitions will be read by ubuntu.
 
Well I could do a forced mount, but the problem is, the drives have some important stuff on them and I'm not sure if forced mount on a drive that's a little messed up is entirely safe...
 
I did already think of that...the problem is, I don't have a friend or a "friend" that's got a spare disk lying around :sad: I don't think I need to do an actual repair anyways, checkdisk, fixboot/fixmbr did it for me last time this happened.
 
Hello everyone

You can use the ultimate boot CD for win, to repair your file system and it has a lot of other useful tools, it boots into a windows environment.:cool:
 
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