[Nottingham] Grub error or HD prob?

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> > > > 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?
> >
> 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.
> 
Didn't think of verifying that before. But it comes up as Win95 FAT32 under cfdisk.

It's W2k but I actually choose FAT32 since I wanted to mount the Windows partitions and possibly write to them with no issues.

I downloaded the 'Ultimate Boot Disk' at work today. I'm going to see if there are any tools on it so that I can at least mount it under Linux and then copy the files that I want. If I can do that I'll scrub the partition altogether and the wife will be forced to use Linux. One can but dream !

Regards,

Matt

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