[Nottingham] Grub error or HD prob?

[Derek Huskisson]

On Tuesday 20 Jul 2004 19:12, lists at voila.fr wrote:
> > On Monday 19 Jul 2004 18:45, lists at voila.fr wrote:
> > > Anyway I can't boot into Windows on hda1

>
> When I try and mount /dev/hda1 under Linux I get :
>
> mount : wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
> or too many mounted filesystems
>
> The partition is FAT32 and I have no other filesystems mounted.
>
> Since I can neither boot nor mount the bugger, I'm thinking that something
> is wrong physically. A guy at work said that the first 512k of the hd might
> be toasted - if so, is it possible to fix it?
>
> cheers,
>
> Matt

Hi Matt
		Can you see partition /dev/hda1 using fdisk or cfdisk using  linux ?

	If you can see it , what filesystem does it think is on that partition ?

       Is this supposed to be a Win98 (or ME, XP) partition.

				Derek