re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 8:03 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Art (1 messages posted) This is what I've done. Set bad partion drive as slave. Start Windows and then run CHKDSK or scandisk. On Saturday, February 15, 2003 at 8:35 pm, Rockypierre wrote: >Partition Magic reports error #1516 Partition improperly dismounted: > >"The partition dirty flag is set in a restart record in the journal file. This error >may have been caused by a power failure or system crash while the Windows NT operating >system was writing the partition. >This problem can often be resolved by running CHKDSK /F on the affected drive." > >OK, but how do I run CHKDSK /F, since Win 2000 Professional will not boot? > >I can boot to DOS from a floppy, but DOS cannot see the NTFS partition. I CAN boot >to the NTFS partition using Active@ Partition Recovery, but since I have no backup >of the MBR, I cannot restore it. > >What I need to do is boot to the NTFS partition in DOS, then run CHKDSK /F. How >do I do this? Written in response to: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Rockypierre: Saturday, February 15, 2003 at 8:35 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Rockypierre: Sat, Feb 15, 2003, 8:35 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Bob: Sun, Feb 16, 2003, 11:53 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Xerpher: Wed, Jun 11, 2003, 10:19 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Ragnar Schierholz: Tue, Jun 17, 2003, 9:23 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (James: Mon, Jun 23, 2003, 10:20 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Ragnar Schierholz: Mon, Jun 23, 2003, 1:09 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Timberly: Sun, Jun 29, 2003, 1:57 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (xcepth: Thu, Jul 3, 2003, 9:40 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Peter Dexter: Fri, Jul 4, 2003, 10:40 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (damian harvey: Mon, Jul 21, 2003, 2:12 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Peter Dexter: Wed, Jul 23, 2003, 2:21 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (M. W. I. Prod.: Sat, Jul 26, 2003, 4:07 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Duane: Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 5:17 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (K: Sat, Jan 28, 2006, 11:15 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Rinus: Mon, Jul 28, 2003, 7:47 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (aaa: Sat, Jul 17, 2004, 12:48 pm) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Art: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 8:03 am) re: how to boot to dismounted NTFS partition? (Doc_Chiron: Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 8:43 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum