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autochk not found, even though the partition is not hidden

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Hi,
I'm sure this has been posted before, but I can't seem to find a solution.

Basically, I have a dual-boot system with WinVista and Ubuntu. I resized the Windows partition, and all the files exist and are accessible from Ubuntu. However when I try to boot, it gives me an error along the lines of "autochk not found - skipping AUTOCHECK", then reboots, and the whole process happens again.

The Windows partition is C: to Windows, /dev/sda4 to Ubuntu and (hd0,3) to GRUB.

I have tried:
  • From the GRUB menu, going into the command line and typing 'unhide (hd0,3)'; it completed successfully, but did not help.
  • Booting from the Vista setup disk, and choosing the repair option. It did say it had fixed a problem with the startup, but this did not solve the issue.
  • Opening the command prompt from the Windows setup disk and running chkdisk /f C:. Nothing of any note, except a few unindexed files.
  • Typing find /media/sda4 -iname "autochk.exe" from Ubuntu. This confirmed that the autochk.exe file did exist.
  • Doing a ClamTK virus scan from Ubuntu. The only real result was:
    //media/sda4/pagefile.sys: Exploit.Shellcode.X86-Gen-1 FOUND
    Not sure if this is relevant or how to get rid of it.

Any other ideas of what I could try?

Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.

Edit: I can also confirm that the Windows partition has the boot flag on.
 
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