heavytull wrote:
> Magic partition failed while redimisioning the winXP partition, now winXP
> won't boot (actually it boots, but some time after it restarts the pc,
> even in 'safe mode'), linux won't mount its partition. is there any tool
> under linux that will help?

The only help Linux can offer when things got that badly destroyed is mkfs.

For fixing the Linux part, you can run the rescue mode, reinstall bootloader
and edit /etc/fstab so the devices are right.

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//Aho