Windows converted to SFS after installation?

**freshmeat20** · January 18th, 2011

So I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without overwriting the Windows partition. It would show up next to File System for awhile and I could read files but now it seemes to have converted itself to SFS. Is there any way I can get the now SFS Windows partition to boot again without reinstalling?

**Quackers** · January 18th, 2011

If Windows has changed the disk partitions to SFS, it often is because a 5th primary partition has been created. Could that be the case?
Please boot from the Ubuntu Live cd/usb and select "try ubuntu" then when the desktop is loaded make sure you have an internet connection and go to the site below and download the boot script to your DESKTOP and then open up a terminal (Applications > Accessories > terminal) and run

Code:

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will produce a results.txt file on your desktop. Please copy the contents of that file and paste them in your next post between CODE tags. For CODE tags click on New Reply (not quick reply)and then click on the # symbol in the toolbar.
This will give a full overview of your current system.
Thanks.

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

**freshmeat20** · January 18th, 2011

Here you go. It doesn't seem to even think its a Windows partition.

Code:

 Boot Info Script 0.55    dated February 15th, 2010                    

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #5 for (,msdos5)/boot/grub.

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Dell Utility: Fat16
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   /COMMAND.COM

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  

sda5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.10
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda3: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  
    Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda4: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1    *             63        80,324        80,262  de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2              81,918    30,801,919    30,720,002   5 Extended
/dev/sda5              81,920    30,801,919    30,720,000  83 Linux
/dev/sda3          30,801,920   620,974,767   590,172,848  42 SFS
/dev/sda4         620,976,128   625,141,759     4,165,632  82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL                         

/dev/sda1        3030-3030                              vfat       DellUtility                   
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sda4        ff983208-0921-45ac-84ea-e766da45e6da   swap                                     
/dev/sda5        76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a   ext4                                     
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" 

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda5        /                        ext4       (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro   quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.35-25-generic ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro   quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro   quiet splash
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    linux16    /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a
    linux16    /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ "x${timeout}" != "x-1" ]; then
  if keystatus; then
    if keystatus --shift; then
      set timeout=-1
    else
      set timeout=0
    fi
  else
    if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
      set timeout=0
    fi
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=76f4a356-2d69-43f5-9b91-c6b01520882a /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=ff983208-0921-45ac-84ea-e766da45e6da none            swap    sw              0       0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


  10.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
  11.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
   1.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
   1.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
   8.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
  11.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
  11.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic
  11.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic
   8.9GB: initrd.img
   1.3GB: initrd.img.old
  11.1GB: vmlinuz
  11.0GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader  on sda2

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00000160  98 c1 76 4e a8 d1 f5 13  a4 0c b0 aa 38 dd 0e 58  |..vN........8..X|
00000170  81 18 12 b9 ae 07 14 97  d0 f0 ce e4 f8 a3 24 08  |..............$.|
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000001d0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader  on sda3

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00000010  06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50  68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00  |.......Ph.......|
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00000200

**Quackers** · January 18th, 2011

I really don't know what to suggest for the best here.
sda3 (which seems to be your Windows partition) is now shown as unmountable. This is probably as a result of the SFS file system. However, as it is unmountable, we can't see what is in it, which is a problem.
I would suggest you restore the mbr of the drive by using the Windows repair disc and then see if Windows boots at all. What I would do first is to make the Windows partition the active partition using diskpart from the command prompt in the Windows recovery console.

Code:

diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 3
active
exit

However, I'm not 100% sure that partition 3 will be your sda3. We'll see.
When that's done I would run this form the same command prompt

Code:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr

If all runs without errors please reboot and see if Windows boots. If not, please boot from the Ubuntu live cd/usb again and re-run the boot script, posting the new results, so we can see what has changed, if anything.

It may also be wise to wait for any other opinions first

**oldfred** · January 18th, 2011

Windows asks you if you want to convert to SFS and tells you that you cannot convert back.

SFS converting:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...asic-disk.html
You can use a third-party tool, such as Partition Wizard 4.2. to convert a convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk without having to delete or format them.
The Partition Wizard software for Windows is supposed to be able to convert dynamic disks to regular partitions without data loss, so it may be what you need to get around this problem; however, I've never used it and so I can't be sure it will work.
Dynamic volume is a Microsoft proprietary format developed together with Veritas (now acquired by Symantec)

**freshmeat20** · January 18th, 2011

I don't have a cdrom to boot off of

. I have a flash drive but am unable to use the Windows disk.

**Quackers** · January 18th, 2011

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**Quackers** · January 18th, 2011

I would look into the possibility of creating a Windows repair usb flash drive. I don't know whether it is possible, but I would think so.
Or buy a usb cd drive?

**freshmeat20** · January 18th, 2011

thanks making the boot usb now. Think I can convert the partition like I can in Windows with part magic if it doesnt work?

**oldfred** · January 19th, 2011

It is a logical volume and a totally different way to format as it can hold many partitions. The only way windows recommends is to back up all the data & reformat, then restore data.

See post above for only third party tool, that was found to maybe work. Or Still backup.

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