Re: Windows won't start after partition resize

From: P Gentry (rdgentry1_at_cablelynx.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: 16 Sep 2004 12:35:08 -0700

dougga <do-not-send-here@speakeasy.net> wrote in message news:<caudnYL1XbBGPNXcRVn-vw@speakeasy.net>...
> John Thompson wrote:
>
> > On 2004-09-14, dougga <do-not-send-here@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I used the Suse 9.1 tools to resize a windows partition and now it won't
> >> start.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me get it going again?
> >
> > You may have to write a new boot record for Windows. For NT/2k/XP you can
> > boot from the installation CD and use the "recovery console" for this.
> >
> > If you only have one of those brain-dead "system restore" CDs that "fixes"
> > problems by re-formatting and restoring the factory defaults, you'll
> > probably have to try something else.
> >
>
> Thanks John, I'll give this a try.

Oops, meant to include this for other hapless innocents:

http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html

The ntfsresize Frequently Asked Questions
[quote]
Jul 9, 2004
WARNING! Be careful when partitioning on Linux 2.6 kernels!
Partitioning softwares using Parted or libparted versions less than
1.6.12 MIGHT corrupt the partition table, that MIGHT break the Windows
boot process, moreover you MIGHT even lose access to your data from
all installed or rescue operating systems. This problem is not NTFS
related, we mention this because of the severity and because many
people incorrectly believe it is NTFS or NTFS resizing related. These
problems can happen using FAT32 or any other filesystem too, or if one
just creates new partitions. If your NTFS was resized beforehand then
your data is intact. The problems caused by the disk geometry
detection code of the Linux 2.6 kernels are recoverable without data
loss. Reports are from users of Mandrake 10, SUSE 9.1, Fedora 2,
Debian, Gentoo, MEPIS but all other Linux distributions have the same
problem using Linux 2.6 and Parted or libparted unless it was
independently resolved or Parted version is at least 1.6.12. Please
see more details below.
[end quote]

prg

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