here's something i tried, it somewhat worked... (don't try this at home, hehehe)
i copied the windows boot record from another machine to my machine, lo and behold it actually worked! i did successfully mount the ntfs partition, copied my files and i thought all is well until i tried to actually boot windows :( i got the "windows detected disk errors" dialog at boot, then it started scrolling loads of text. i forced shutdown, reboot into windows, skipped disk checking. it booted with messages that i have corrupt files... the important thing is that i got my files, and i'll try to repair windows in some other way... here's how i copied the boot record from one machine to the other: dd if=/dev/hda1 of=ntfs.boot bs=512 count=1 dd if=ntfs.boot of=/dev/sda1 bs=512 count=1 --- Saleh Odeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >From: Aram Yegenian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Jordan Linux User Group Mailing list > <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [JoLUG-General] NTFS recovery > >Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 02:30:21 -0700 (PDT) > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from gnu.easyhttp.net ([204.157.15.31]) > by > >bay0-mc2-f6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft > SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 29 > >May 2006 02:31:32 -0700 > >Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] > helo=gnu.easyhttp.net)by > >gnu.easyhttp.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52)id > 1Fke5o-00088L-9G; Mon, 29 May > >2006 05:31:20 -0400 > >Received: from [206.190.36.230] > (helo=web54006.mail.yahoo.com)by > >gnu.easyhttp.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id > 1Fke5i-0004S9-DRfor > >[email protected]; Mon, 29 May 2006 05:31:14 -0400 > >Received: (qmail 36961 invoked by uid 60001); 29 > May 2006 09:30:21 -0000 > >Received: from [194.165.153.34] by > web54006.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP;Mon, 29 > >May 2006 02:30:21 PDT > >X-Message-Info: > LsUYwwHHNt11KxP+CadX8MBLJCTiGzGJG4oUa9t1PmI= > >X-BeenThere: [email protected] > >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 > >Precedence: list > >List-Id: Jordan Linux User Group Mailing list > <general_jolug.org.jolug.org> > >List-Unsubscribe: > ><http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org>, > > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List-Archive: </pipermail/general_jolug.org> > >List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> > >List-Help: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List-Subscribe: > ><http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org>,<mailto:[EMAIL >PROTECTED]> > >Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, > please include it with > >any abuse report > >X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gnu.easyhttp.net > >X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - hotmail.com > >X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / > [47 12] > >X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jolug.org > >X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Return-Path: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 May 2006 09:31:32.0391 > (UTC) > >FILETIME=[ABE7DB70:01C68302] > > > >hi, > > > >i have an ntfs partition that i recently lost > contact > >with :( > > > >i might have accidentally run "setup (hd0,0)" > instead > >of "setup (hd0)" in the grub console. so now i > can't > >even mount that partition, i keep getting errors > and > >windows doesn't boot. here's dmesg: > > > >------------------------------- > >[4306336.460000] NTFS-fs error (device sda1): > >read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is > >invalid. > >[4306336.460000] NTFS-fs error (device sda1): > >read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option > errors=recover > >not used. Aborting without trying to recover. > >[4306336.460000] NTFS-fs error (device sda1): > >ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume. > >------------------------------ > > > >anyone ever been in this situation? i'm thinking of > >booting the windows cd into recovery mode and try > >FIXMBR, FIXBOOT. eventually i might just format the > >whole thing and get it done with... > > > >any ideas? thanx > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > hails man.. i dont knwo if this works or not in your > case.. i used something > called "test disk".. it ships with some universal > bootdisk/rescue pack that > is downloadable online.. it did recover quite a lot > of stufff.. from an ntfs > drive.. theres this other pack, i think its called > all in one boot disk or > something like that, it even had a linux recovery > option in the menu.. you > could give it a spin if you become desperate enough > hehe.. i probably still > have it on my machine, so if you cant find it just > give me a buzz.. > > peace > Ciaozn > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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