Drive won't partition? - Tech Support Forums

_Switch_ · September 30th, 2008, 09:52 AM

Hey guys,

So after finally getting my drive working, and making a backup of my data

I decided that I should get around to expandind my data partition. When I open Partition Magic, it gives me all sorts of errors, but doesnt actually open; something about not being able to identify something or other...so I go into partition info, and this is what pops ups:

PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
Date Generated: 09/30/08 08:42:04
Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: Partition Software - Partition Hard Drive | Norton PartitionMagic
E-mail: magic@powerquest.com

General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 1,609,547,776
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 401,727,488
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 3,600,617,472
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 248,438,784

================================================== ================================================== =======
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 38913 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254 63 63 204,796,557
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 12747 254 63 63 204796557
0 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 204,796,620 420,340,725
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 1 00 12748 0 1 05 38912 254 63 204796620 420340725
0 2 00 1023 1 1 07 1023 254 63 204,796,683 130,752,972
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 2 00 12748 1 1 07 20886 254 63 204796683 130752972
204,796,620 0 00 1023 254 63 07 1023 254 63 335,549,718 289,587,627
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
204796620 0 00 20887 1 1 07 38912 254 63 335549718 289587627

================================================== ================================================== =======
Partition Information for Disk 1: 305,242.8 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 99,998.3 0 0 63 204,796,557
Extended Pri 205,244.5 0 1 204,796,620 420,340,725
EPBR Log 0.0 None -- 204,796,620 63
H: NTFS Pri 63,844.2 0 2 204,796,683 130,752,972
Error #113: Primary partition starting at 204796683 overlaps previous partition.
Unallocated Pri 141,400.2 None -- 335,549,655 289,587,690
D: NTFS Log 141,400.2 204,796,620 0 335,549,718 289,587,627
Warning #113: Logical starting at 335549718 overlaps enclosing extended volume.
Error #114: Logical starting at 335549718 is not one head away from EPBR.

================================================== ================================================== =======
Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
================================================== ================================================== =======
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 204796556
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 12799784
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0xCE58A12E58A115ED
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

================================================== ================================================== =======
Boot Record for drive H: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 204,796,683, Type: NTFS)
================================================== ================================================== =======
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 204796683 (0xC34F30B)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 130752968
17. MFT Start Cluster: 2
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 48
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x585E8E1926F4C9D1
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

================================================== ================================================== =======
Boot Record for drive D: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 335,549,718, Type: NTFS)
================================================== ================================================== =======
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 289587626
17. MFT Start Cluster: 12066151
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 18394140
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x13E73E67D3F5AD91
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

Any sense can be made of this?

Thanks!

Wes

Steve R Jones · September 30th, 2008, 10:11 AM

Quote:

When I open Partition Magic, it gives me all sorts of errors, but doesnt actually open; something about not being able to identify something or other...

Couldn't you just do something or other to fix it

Or, if you actually wrote down the actual error message, you could go to their web site and look in the support section.

_Switch_ · September 30th, 2008, 10:40 AM

Went to the website, one suggestion was to try out Partition Table Doctor, to repair the partition tables which are giving this problem, if that doesn't work; then to get everything back to normal; they say to do a wipe of everything, repartition and then re-add all data.