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?

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:34 +0000, 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?

Restore from tape.

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:34 +0000, 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?

Probably not now, but I have indeed used 'gparted' to resize NTFS
partitions successfully.

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.

--

//Aho

On 2008-03-28 05:35, ray wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:34 +0000, 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?
>
> Probably not now, but I have indeed used 'gparted' to resize NTFS
> partitions successfully.

I read somewhere that NTFS has something secret in the middle of the filesystem,
in the FAT area, even if they maybe call it something else now.
So redusing the size 30/40% is often no problem, but at 50% or more it can
step on something totally undocumented and proprietary making resize to fail.

But that is what I read somewhere claimed by someone else, all NTFS I ever had
was liberated before they even did a boot for the first time.

/bb

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:34:39 +0100, birre wrote:

> On 2008-03-28 05:35, ray wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:34 +0000, 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?
>>
>> Probably not now, but I have indeed used 'gparted' to resize NTFS
>> partitions successfully.
>
> I read somewhere that NTFS has something secret in the middle of the
> filesystem, in the FAT area, even if they maybe call it something else
> now. So redusing the size 30/40% is often no problem, but at 50% or
> more it can step on something totally undocumented and proprietary
> making resize to fail.
>
> But that is what I read somewhere claimed by someone else, all NTFS I
> ever had was liberated before they even did a boot for the first time.

NTFS sub-allocates files less than the minimum allocation unit size into
the directory entry table. It is inherently unstable.

You should never repartition any drive of any format without a backup...
unless you're prepared to lose the data.

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"Remain calm, we're here to protect you!"

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?

I can't offer a tool other than to suggest a re-install over the top of
XP. However a tip before re-sizing is to make sure that you do a
defrag first. XP likes to leave stuff in the middle of the drive so
you can't go smaller than that. Re-installing GRUB will probably get
you back into Linux. I would check first by trying a "Live CD/DVD" if
you can see your data, now would be a good time to back it up !

--
Best Regards:
Baron.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:34 +0000, 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?

actually, i just used the -o force with mount -t ntfs-3g and it seems i
can read the data i should have saved before without problem. actually i
have no checksum for reference. i have to edit all files and check their
intergrity by hand.