Topic: [SOLVED]PLEASE HELP.. Vista won't boot(have tried Recovery&Vista DVD)
Hi All,
I'm having problem booting up my Vista(Asus W7S Business 32Bit) after using GParted-LiveCD 0.3.4-10. I think I've made a mess myself at the same time. I'm seeking for help urgently as that is driving me mad & I'm losing sleep over it. Your help will be GREATLY APPRECIATED. Here is the whole story..
I downloaded GParted-LiveCD 0.3.4-10.iso from http://download.tuxfamily.org/gpartedlive/ and burned it into CD using Nero. When I bootep up successfully from the CD, I chose the 1st option, which is "GParted-live CD 0.3.4-10-beta(auto-configuration)". And I pressed 2 times of Enter when it required to Load keymap. Hence I was shown the GParted window. I played with Resize/Move to set my desired settings(C: ~75GB -> ~30GB, D: ~70GB -> ~115GB, figures approcimately). After 6 hours of running the operations, it finished successfully. Hence I clicked Quit from GParted on the menu. Then I noticed that there's a Menu Bar at the top left corner, which consists of EXIT, SCREENSHOT, TERMINAL, GPARTED, INFO and USB. When I clicked the INFO I found out that I didn't follow the exact steps to shrink Vista(!). After this I chose Eject & Reboot from the EXIT. And what I feared most had come, the Asus logo startup screen just kept repeating. I tried to use the Startup Repair(some of the forum members had suggested) from the Vista Ultimate Installation DVD(which I borrrowed from my friend) to fix the problem, but only Black Screen(sometimes with a mouse pointer) was shown after the windows progressing bar. That was the same when I inserted Asus Recovery DVD. I also tried ntfsfix like some members suggested, but it was still the same. I can only boot up from the LiveCD now.
And below are the informations of my current state, hope it helps to figure out my problem. Really sorry as that's a bit long. Thanks..
GParted Window:
/dev/sda (149.05GB)
Partition File System Label Size Used Unused Flag
/dev/sda1 fat32 6.84 5.12 1.72 hidden
/dev/sda2(my C Drive) ntfs Vista OS 29.30 24.92 4.38 boot
/dev/sda3 extended 112.91 -- -- lba
/dev/sda5(my D Drive) ntfs A & w 112.91 22.58 90.34
** When I apply Check on my sda2 & 5, all check & repair operations were successfully completed.
** Are there any problem with the Flags? Sometimes it changes randomly(sda1 -> boot, sda2 with no flag).
Terminal:
ntfsresize /dev/sda2
ntfsresize v.1.13.1.1 (libntfs 9:0:0) ERROR: Volume is scheduled for check
Run chkdsk /f and please try again, or see option -f
** I found no way to run chkdsk as I can only boot up from LiveCD now. When I was shown the Black Screen my fan was running on full speed, I though it was chkdsk running at the background, but after overnight waiting(8 hours), it was still the Black Screen.
ntfsresize -f /dev/sda2
ntfsresize v.1.13.1.1 (libntfs 9:0:0) Device name: /dev/sda2
NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster Size: 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 31459451392 bytes (31460 MB)
Current device size: 31459451392 bytes (31460 MB)
New volume size: 31459451392 bytes (31460 MB)
Nothing to do: NTFS volume size is already OK.
ntfsresize /dev/sda5
ntfsresize v.1.13.1.1 (libntfs 9:0:0) ERROR: Volume is scheduled for check
Run chkdsk /f and please try again, or see option -f
ntfsresize -f /dev/sda5
ntfsresize v.1.13.1.1 (libntfs 9:0:0) Device name: /dev/sda2
NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster Size: 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 121241137664 bytes (121242 MB)
Current device size: 121241137664 bytes (121242 MB)
New volume size: 121241137664 bytes (121242 MB)
Nothing to do: NTFS volume size is already OK.
fdisk /dev/sda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 605778. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problem with: 1) software that runs at boot time(e.g. old version of LILO), 2)booting and partition software from other OS(e.g. DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
- command p
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0GB, 160041885196 bytes
129 heads, 4 sectors/track, 605778 cylinders
Units: cylinders of 516 * 512 = 264192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 27787 7169044 1b hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 * 27788 146685 30722124 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 146866 605778 118399554 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 146866 605778 118399552 7 HPFS/NTFS
- command v
366 unallocated sectors
fdisk /dev/sda2
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3824. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problem with: 1) software that runs at boot time(e.g. old version of LILO), 2)booting and partition software from other OS(e.g. DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
- command p
Disk /dev/sda: 31.4GB, 31459454976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3824 cylinders
Units: cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
This doesn't look like a partition table.
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda2p1 ? 410 119791 958924038+ 70 DiskSecure Multi-Boot
partition 1 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda2p2 ? 121585 234786 909287957+ 43 Unknown
partition 2 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda2p3 ? 14052 14052 5 72 Unknown
partition 3 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda2p4 164483 164486 25945 0 Empty
partition 4 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
partition table entries are not in disk order
- command v
partition 1 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
partition 2 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
partition 3 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 3.
Total allocated sectors -558543302 greated than the maximum 61444248
fdisk /dev/sda5
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 14740. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problem with: 1) software that runs at boot time(e.g. old version of LILO), 2)booting and partition software from other OS(e.g. DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
- command p
Disk /dev/sda: 121.2GB, 121241141248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14740 cylinders
Units: cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
This doesn't look like a partition table.
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda5p1 ? 410 119791 958924038+ 70 DiskSecure Multi-Boot
partition 1 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda5p2 ? 121585 234786 909287957+ 43 Unknown
partition 2 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda5p3 ? 14052 14052 5 72 Unknown
partition 3 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda5p4 164483 164486 25945 0 Empty
partition table entries are not in disk order
- command v
partition 1 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
partition 2 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
partition 3 doesn't end on cylinder boundary
Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 3.
Total allocated sectors -558543302 greated than the maximum 236799104
ntfsfix /dev/sda2
Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTirr completed successfully
NTFS volume version is 3.1
Setting required flags on partition... OK
Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK
NTFS partition /dev/sda2 was processed succesfully.
ntfsfix /dev/sda5
Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTirr completed successfully
NTFS volume version is 3.1
Setting required flags on partition... OK
Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK
NTFS partition /dev/sda2 was processed succesfully.
That's it. If you need other informations please let me know. And I noticed that I couldn't shutdown properly(have to force a shutdown manually by pressing the power button) if I chose Shutdown from the EXIT. The screen stucked at the line below,
"Remounting remaining file systems readonly...
umount: /: device is busy [!!]
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-P to continue):"
I don't know what the root password is and I can't press any key.
I'm such a noob and can only blame myself as I should do more research before using it. Hope to receive your reply asap. Your help will be GREATLY APPRECIATED. Sorry for my poor english. Thank you so much. Thanks.
Cheers.
