Hi

I maybe asking this question in the wrong enviornment. But here goes.

computer is a dual boot ibm clone with 2 hard drives, c: on the first and f: and g: on the second.
affected hard drive is a Seagate Ultra Barracude 80gib.

Short version:
Windows wouldn't boot, several checks later it still wont. But CentOS 5.7 w/ latest updates Does. I have mounted the window partion (hda1) and have access to
the files.

Long version:
After returned from a month long trip and starting up the computer. After much time, and on a black screen, it said <windows root> \system32\ntoskrnl.exe not found. So following several posts in forums I booted from the Windows SetUp Disk and using Recover mode I found the drive number (letters) were all wrong. I disconnected the second drive and ran SetUp again. In recovery mode I ran chkdsk /r /p and got the following.

I down loaded Seagate's Dos Tools and checked the drive. The short test ended with the sugestion that I run the long test, it showed multiple errors and I selected repair them.
Now it will boot up to a bar across the screen with only the first section solid and eventially the message.


Now if I boot using the SetUp CD I get this message when trying to do a directory listing.



So thats were I find myself.


The Questions:
Is it possible to repair the window installation thru linux ??
Is the hard drive toast??
What are my options???

Thanks for looking
Jim