Yes I do have a Windows XP CD, but I hadn't set an Admin Password, as far as I can remember. I have dcefragmented the NTFS-Partition, although I was told, that this wouldn't be necessary, when resizing via ntfsresize command.
It doesn't seem to be a GRUB issue, rather it has something to do with the partition as there is no OS detected on it by GRUB. Pascal --- In [email protected], Joan Leach <jleach728@...> wrote: > > Do you have a Windows CD to boot from? Do you know the Admin Password? For > WinXP, I've used Fixboot and FixMBR, then later I've used the Grub Disk > Repair CD. I hope you remembered to run Defrag on the Windows hard drive > before resizing its partition. > > Excuse if I left out any steps, but others have no doubt run into this more > than I have. > > Joan in Reno > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to shrink a Windows-XP partition under a dual boot setup > (Kubuntu 12.10), in order to install a different Linux and have more space > for it on the harddrive. So I resized it via ntfsresize -b -s 60GB (original > size was 90GB). Kubuntu's GRUB booted Windows correctly. Then I deleted the > NTFS-partition with fdisk and recreated in its place a smaller one (size > 61GB, a little bigger than the newly shrunk file system). Unfortunately I did > not pay attention to the starting point of the original Windows partition, > and had it start on the default value fdisk assumes, that is 2048. > > > > All of a sudden, Kubuntu's GRUB told me that no partition was found, I had > deleted the Linux partitions behind Windows in the meantime, as Siduction's > installer (I did not want Ubuntu stuff anymore) does not feature a working, > easy to use partioning tool like gparted. Somehow the installed GRUB barely > understood (that is, it understood some but not all) GRUB2 and GRUB commands > when it dropped to grub shell on bootup. It saw the NTFS-partition, but I > could not make it boot it. > > > > ls & set root=(hdX,Y) worked > > drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} didn't > > > > so I was stuck > > > > Then I installed Siduction and Fuduntu on the free disk space. Both installed > their respective GRUB into the MBR of the partition, but neither of them > detected a Windows OS. Right now I can choose between Siduction and Fuduntu. > The command os-prober wasn't successful either. I cannot mount (Running > Fuduntu or Siduction) the partition (/dev/sda1), for I'm told, that it > doesn't contain a valid NTFS file system. > > > > Does somebody know how to fix that? Do I have to reinstall Windows? > > > > Pascal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
