Windows crash on dual boot machine.. need to recover

[terrordrone]

Hello,

I have a dual boot machine. My kubuntu 8.10 is on a separate ext3 partition and i have a separate partition for swap as well.

>sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x85ab85ab

  Device Boot   Start     End   Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1  *      1    1305  10482381  7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2      1306    12597  90702990  f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3      12598    14593  16032870  83 Linux
/dev/sda5      1306    4569  26218048+  7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6      4570    8485  31455238+  7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7      8486    12401  31455238+  7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8      12402    12597   1574338+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

my windows xp installed on c drive crashed today. I am unable to boot into windows but my linux is intact. If i re-install windows, i will lose my installed kubuntu.

1. Is there a way i can recover linux without re-installing it after installing windows ?

2. Will try and share more information about the bsod i get during boot, but any way i can recover windows and i need not do anything

[vinnywright]

Re: Windows crash on dual boot machine.. need to recover

if you can get to a windos camand line you could try CHKDSK /f to repare disk errors ......thats usualey why it wont boot after a crash.

try CHKDSK --help or -h first to check the switch /f

O and you can use the windows cd to do it to

VINNY

[sithlord48]

Re: Windows crash on dual boot machine.. need to recover

if you do have to reinstall and don't touch your linux partitions then you can recover the ability to boot to linux with the Super Grub Disk.

depending on if you installed grub to a diffrent partition then the windows boot loader you may also need a gparted live disk to make the proper partition as "boot". you will know if you need to use the gparted disk if you fix grub and still boots only to windows.