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I have not been able to boot into Vista after i received a windows update around Feb 15th.

I've tried using Windows Repair cannot find the operating system and hangs after "Next" has been clicked.

I suspect that something has been corrupted, but I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

I also have Linux installed so I can do some disk checks using TestDisk, fdisk and ntsfinfo. I have pasted these below, but I don't see anything obviously wrong.

What should I be looking for in some system log in order to diagnose the problem?


TestDisk 6.8, Data Recovery Utility, August 2007
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk /dev/sda - 320 GB / 298 GiB - CHS 38914 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 7571 254 63 121644117
D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 24102 37 62 387200960
D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 37686 228 46 605439937
D HPFS - NTFS 7573 18 62 9612 200 60 32768000
D FAT32 LBA 9612 200 61 9689 70 45 1228800 [TT9XVT09P01]
D FAT16 LBA 9689 103 15 9714 197 19 407552 [NO NAME]
D Linux 24103 1 1 37128 254 60 209262624
D Linux Swap 37129 1 1 37685 254 41 8948120
D HPFS - NTFS 37686 228 47 38912 162 34 19691520 [HP_RECOVERY]
D HPFS - NTFS 37687 71 17 38912 227 35 19689472 [HP_RECOVERY]



Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
NTFS found using backup sector!, 62 GB / 58 GiB

sudo fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x031c598c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 24103 193600480 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 37687 38913 9845760 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 24104 37686 109105447+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 24104 37129 104631313+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 37130 37686 4474071 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

sudo  ntfsinfo -m -d /dev/sda1
Volume Information
Name of device: /dev/sda1
Device state: 11
Volume Name:
Volume State: 1
Volume Version: 3.1
Sector Size: 512
Cluster Size: 4096
Volume Size in Clusters: 48400119
MFT Information
MFT Record Size: 1024
MFT Zone Multiplier: 1
MFT Data Position: 24
MFT Zone Start: 786432
MFT Zone End: 6836446
MFT Zone Position: 786432
Current Position in First Data Zone: 6836446
Current Position in Second Data Zone: 0
LCN of Data Attribute for FILE_MFT: 786432
FILE_MFTMirr Size: 4
LCN of Data Attribute for File_MFTMirr: 7602757
Size of Attribute Definition Table: 2560
FILE_Bitmap Information
FILE_Bitmap MFT Record Number: 6
State of FILE_Bitmap Inode: 0
Length of Attribute List: 0
Attribute List: (null)
Number of Attached Extent Inodes: 0
FILE_Bitmap Data Attribute Information
Decompressed Runlist: not done yet
Base Inode: 6
Attribute Types: not done yet
Attribute Name Length: 0
Attribute State: 3
Attribute Allocated Size: 9461760
Attribute Data Size: 6050016
Attribute Initialized Size: 6050016
Attribute Compressed Size: 0
Compression Block Size: 0
Compression Block Size Bits: 0
Compression Block Clusters: 0

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