If installing the latest SuSE alongside windows beware of the following error when you try to start windows.

root (hd 0,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
chainloader +1

See this page for answers and solutions. Windows Not Booting

How long ago was the latest suse released?

I'm surprised the distro hasn't fixed this yet... :/

I noticed this happened to me too. I think the problem has to do with using GRUB as the boot manager. I switched to using LILO as the boot manager and haven't had a problem since.

Well, that doc says it's the fault of 'parted'