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    myvista is hiding QQ

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jl1989, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    so my vista partition is hiding.. and i can't seem to get to it.. i can't boot up into it either bcs "autochk is missing"....

    its a single harddrive 3 partitions vista/xp/xbuntu

    xp works, vista is hidden/autochek missing,/xubuntu doesnt detect the other partitions... so i cant access it.

    i tried to install cd to repair but it said it couldnt be repaired
     
    jl1989, Jun 22, 2008
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  2. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    Have you tried checking what flags are marked in GParted? Make sure your Vista partition doesn't have the flag "hidden" checked.

    EDIT: One more thought. Has Vista ever worked since installing all three OS's?
     
    Gregory, Jun 22, 2008
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    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    yup.. i did vista fist, xp, then kubuntu... i fixed up the boot settings so they all booted.. then i replaced kubuntu with xubuntu.. and it all 3 still worked.. until i woke up this morning :D
     
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    Is the yup to checking the boot flags in GParted or have you not done that yet?

    Also, have you tried to manually mount the NTFS partitions in linux?
     
    Gregory, Jun 22, 2008
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    thanks! gparted didi it, unhidden and vista boots now. too.. the only thing is that i cant get internal drives to mount in xubuntu.. but thats for another thread
     
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    Try this: (for NTFS support)

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=540287

    (Try the command given in post #2 on that thread)
     
    Gregory, Jun 22, 2008
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    nope. doesnt work D:
     
    jl1989, Jun 22, 2008
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