1 Topic by Xboxman33

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Topic: NTFS boot problem

I'm an idiot i know. Now i need you to help me fix my idiotic mistakes. smile

So anyways, i was resizing my vista partition to make room for an xp partition. Gparted said it was does resizing and now it was going to move my partition to the left. So me and my rational self were like "F that." So i hit cancel. Just as i hit cancel, i was like "O [insert explicative]."

So i tried booting into vista, sure enough, no good.  So i booted back to gparted and this is the error i got.

"couldn't mount device 'dev/dev/sda2': input output error
ntfsresize v1.13.1(libntfs 9:0:0) Error(5): Opening 'dev/sda2' as NTFS failed: input/output error
NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!
The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT! No modification was and will be made to NTFS by this software until it gets repaired.
Unable to read the contents of this filesystem! Because of this some operations may be unavailable."

Heres where you come in, how do i fix it.

Also, i allready tried the vista recovery console and that sucked (ie: it didnt work)

Thanks for any help

Xboxman33

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Re: NTFS boot problem

In most cases, it isn't good at all to cancel an operation already started. This can leave the filesystem in an indeterminate state. It isn't just that it can make the operating system unbootable, but it could damage the filesystem and its structure and make it inaccessible.

Please, mention the GParted version used, as well as the partitions before and after operations.

You have to check if the partitions of the hard disk are accessible or no. You can check it using a Linux live cd or dvd, like Knoppix. Knoppix can access and handle various filesystems (including ntfs) and devices. If it can access and mount partitions, it can help to copy data to other media.

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*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***

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Re: NTFS boot problem

Hi, thanks for the help.

I used the most recent gparted. I had 2 unallocated and 1 ntfs (named vista) before. I now have the same except the ntfs is not named anything and is no longer mountable