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I had installed windows xp on my hard disk and in another partition debian. When I start in debian i can't see my data on the windows partition Besides when ...
  1. 09-23-2007 #1
    adrian_fpd
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    Error Reading my partition

    I had installed windows xp on my hard disk and in another partition debian.
    When I start in debian i can't see my data on the windows partition

    Besides when i start windows afther selecting to boot in windows it appears a legend that say

    booting "windows xp profesional"
    root (hd0,0)
    filesysten type unknown
    partition type 0x7
    save default
    make active
    chain loader +1

    What does this means, and how can i see my XP data beeing on debian
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  2. 09-23-2007 #2
    devils casper
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    Is Windows OS booting up? If its not, execute this
    Code:
    less /boot/grub/menu.lst
    Post output here.

    Quote Originally Posted by adrian_fpd
    how can i see my XP data beeing on debian
    You have to mount XP partitions in Debian. Execute this
    Code:
    su
fdisk -l
    Post output here.
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