I really dont want to make things worse, and I am not sure what the Preferences-GParted program is. Is this my only option, is there anything else I can do? because this seems a bit confusing and risky. thanks so much for your help.
I've gotten this type of error message, too. Since we're still not sure what type of filesystem you're dealing with, I suggest using the Preferences-GParted program to get an overview of the hard drives' filesystem(s.) Note that you can make things worse, too - these are powerful programs, and need to be used cautiously.
In my own case, Windows was installed on a partition formatted with NTFS which had become corrupted. Since the error message related to a M$oft file system, it made sense to use their tools to regenerate it, but I needed the benefit of those tools without having the (working) infrastructure (Windows OS to support running M$ programs.)
I ended up using chkdsk successfully, but in order to get their programs to run I needed something I could boot up that supported that. Although Knoppix includes Wine, which would in theory do that, I followed advice I got here and used Hiren's Bootcd- which you can get LOTS of places on the web, esp. via BitTorrent. Knoppix will support that via Transmission on the Internet menu, but you'll need something to save stuff to, e.g. a flash drive.
NOTE Since that disk also contains unlicensed commercial software, be forewarned that, should you choose to download it, you are on your honor to only use the FreeDOS OS and software you have a license to use, e.g. M$oft chkdsk. In my own case, the chkdsk on the Windows partition was not working, but the copy/version on Hiren's worked for me.
Cheers!
Krishna
I really dont want to make things worse, and I am not sure what the Preferences-GParted program is. Is this my only option, is there anything else I can do? because this seems a bit confusing and risky. thanks so much for your help.
You can run the program without fear, to get information; just don't tell it to DO something to a partition (like erase/format/delete it.) I don't know what happened with the link (on your other thread.) Here is what I meant.
Cheers!
Krishna
Last edited by krishna.murphy; 07-05-2010 at 06:30 PM. Reason: Clarity
ok, so is this a program that is part of knoppix that I should open and use, or is it something separate I need to download, I am bit unsure of this part. Thanks so much for all the help.
hey,
i have opened up the GParted and i am not sure what to do next,
Dell PowerEdge M620 Blade Server 2x 10C E5-2690v2 64GB Ram 2x 600GB 10k HDD
$275.00
Dell PowerEdge FX2s CTO Blade 4 Slot 2U Chassis 2x 2000W
$399.00
DELL PEM640 POWEREDGE M640 BLADE SERVER
$539.95
Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis Enclosure N20-C6508 4x PSU 8x Fans 2x Fabric
$139.99
HP Proliant BL460C Gen8 Blade Server 2x 8C E5-2690 192GB Ram
$58.69
DELL POWEREDGE M630 BLADE SERVER 2X E5-2560 V3 10C 256GB RAM No HDD IDRAC 8 H330
$369.00
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Barebones 2x Heatsinks No CPU No RAM No HD No RAID
$49.99
CISCO UCSB-B200-M3 V06 BLADE SERVER 2*INTEL XEON E5-2640 V2 8C 2GHz 128GB RAM
$74.99
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Blade 2x E5-2650v4 2.2GHz =24 Cores 128GB P246 650FLB
$271.00
Dell PowerEdge M640 Barebone Server Blade No Hard Drive Trays
$499.00