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tintin
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anyone use linux or more specifically knoppix 5.0.
need some advice.....
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Re: linux
« Reply #2 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 4:15pm » |
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got a fried sata drive from a windows machine on my hands, norton goback has fried it, but it changes the partition type to 44, so i cant get another windows machine to recognise it.
borrowed a knoppix cd, booted in, it sees the drive, but says "Volume is corrupt. Forced to continue". I need to know how to start up a partition tool to change partition type/fix the MBR.....
no idea how linux works, so struggling a bit 
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Don't know if this will help you, but may be worth a try. 
HERE
The guy seems to have found a way round it at the bottom of the post. Good luck anyway.
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Re: linux
« Reply #4 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 4:43pm » |
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yeah, problem is i cant disable goback, tried just about everything.....its just about the worst idea i have ever seen, mucking about with partition types !!
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Re: linux
« Reply #6 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 7:21pm » |
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no good, in order to reverse goback, it first has to find the partition..... no MBR no reverse.....it just hangs 
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Re: linux
« Reply #7 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 8:45pm » |
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if you have a windows cd, try using the windows recovery console, and type 'fdisk /fixmbr' or 'fdisk /mbr' (can't remember which 2k/xp uses)
Edit: If it is the mbr that is the problem, and not the partition table.
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Re: linux
« Reply #8 on: Jun 9th, 2007, 10:13pm » |
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i think its both, when it boots into recovery console, there are no drives attached, so cant run fdisk etc. when i boot into windows from a second drive, it can see the drive, but no access to it.
under linux i can see the drive (130GB used of 250GB), but only one folder "Docs & settings" (6GB). have changed the partition to type 07 (windows ntfs) from 44 (goback). also checked mbr, tests fine. but still linux wont mount the drive properly and see all the files.
i guess next step is to try a file recovery programme? getting a bit out of my depth here.....
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Re: linux
« Reply #9 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 7:29am » |
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Try going into windows 2000 or xp and into disk management you might just be able to fix it from inside there. I remember I had a somewhat similar problem a long tie ago with partion magic and fixed a similar problem using windows 2000 disk management.
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Re: linux
« Reply #10 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 5:20pm » |
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windows doesnt recognise the partition, so i cant use it to do anything to it !! its because norton goback rewrites the partition type as 44, so its not a windows (07) partition any more..... thats why im using linux, its not so snooty
i have worked out how to use the terminal and change to superuser in linux, used the testdisk programme and have changed the partition type to 07, can see the drive now, but missing most of the file structure. it says the drive is 130GB of 250GB, but only shows me one folder, total 5GB. hmmm.....
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Re: linux
« Reply #11 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 7:05pm » |
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Use a sector editor to change the partition value manually?
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Re: linux
« Reply #12 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 8:40pm » |
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yep, as above, have now changed partition back to type 07, using linux, but its only showing me one folder of 5GB but properties on the drive shows 130GB of data, not sure how to get them back....
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Re: linux
« Reply #13 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 11:02pm » |
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all fixed !! having changed the partition type and fixing the MBR, i didnt know where to go next in Linux. I took a stab, and hooked up a second drive, installed XP, and when it rebooted it detected the goosed drive, fixed filesystem problems, and all is restored !!
phew, my flatmates dodgy files survive another day
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Re: linux
« Reply #14 on: Jun 11th, 2007, 7:43am » |
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XP does have its uses then !
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Re: linux
« Reply #15 on: Jun 11th, 2007, 10:04pm » |
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When my HDD died (and the backup drive 'mysteriously' got corrupted too) - I found a free tool on the web called test-disk - it got back pretty much everything and now lives in my utils folder - backed up of course! 
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Re: linux
« Reply #16 on: Jun 12th, 2007, 7:37pm » |
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on Jun 11th, 2007, 7:43am, Snoopy wrote:XP does have its uses then !
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It has another very handy use too: Getting people online so they can complain about the V word 
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Re: linux
« Reply #17 on: Jun 15th, 2007, 11:50pm » |
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My sister's new laptop came with V*** installed - today she'd finally had enough and asked to borrow my XP CD...
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Re: linux
« Reply #18 on: Jun 16th, 2007, 8:22am » |
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Apparently if you complain to Microsoft by email or letter they will refund the money you paid for VISTA.. so I am reliably informed.
Apparently a lot of people are not happy with VISTA and are complaining.... Already a service pack out and another on its way.... and this after 5/6 years of trials under the " longhorn " name ....
I just thinks it is the " Me " version of XP and just another keep me rich thing for Gates .....his coffers are running low!
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Re: linux
« Reply #19 on: Jun 16th, 2007, 10:10am » |
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I've made a habit of NOT buying a new operating system until its at least two years old and has most of its problems sorted out
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