linux made ntfs unknown for windows

[CHESSONLY]

well this happened the third time. i installed mandrake 8.1 on free space.The installation went fine,except at the very end when it asked me to about my monitor settings where it hanged. so i rebooted and linux was running completely problem free.

THE PROBLEM:
but when i rebooted to windows i discovered that my E drive was gone.
disk management shows that the missing drive is there without a drive letter, having filesystem 'NTFS', but under status it shows "unknown drive".
I hope i am clear.
Is there anyway i can make it recognizable.help!!
Thanks

screenshot of disk partition:
http://freewebs.com/chessonly/partitions.png

[CHESSONLY]

i found a workaround . used acronis disk director suite to get my drive back.
So i know how to solve the problem therefore linux is going to be up and running in no time

But there r a few more things i will like to know about:

1.y did this happen :- "the very end when it asked me to about my monitor settings where it hanged. so i rebooted and linux was running completely problem free."

2. i tried to install a program(and failed) and realized that 6 scripts had to be written for it. is this a huge problem with linux or r these the just first impressions.

installing linux again(for the 7th time)...mandrake8.1

[Stormblazer]

Well, it might help to use a more recent distro, Mandrake is currently at 10.1...

Also, what do you mean by it needed six scripts written? That sounds rather weird...

[CHESSONLY]

an update:
i killed the linux partitions rebooted and my edrive was again gone.

the problem detected:
when i rebooted the linux bootmanager was still there(after deleting the partitions. hence the problrm was the mbr 'fixmbr from the winxp cd solved the problem.
y does this happen i hav no idea.

as to the six scripts:
i read instructions on a website about it. The link is not working right now, so i'll tell abt it latter.