Re: Windows won't boot if any partition extends past 120 GB on 250 GB drive

But what?? You can buy Partition Magic.

Will Pittenger wrote:
Older copies of Windows XP included a version that supported up to at
least 137 GB. Such a version is part of my BartPE CD. I would prefer
Partition Magic, but...

JS wrote:
FDISK is not supported on XP (need a Windows 98 boot disk with FDISK
installed) and I don't think it supports large partitions (more than
32GB)
or NTFS.

For Windows XP see:
A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

JS

"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does FDISK's Clean command do a low level format? Would it work on a
large drive?

JS wrote:
Only thing I can think of is that your partition table information has
been mucked up. You are probably not going to like this but ...

Backup you data on the drives
Grab your Windows CD (must be either SP1 or SP2 version)
Perform a 'Clean Install' of Windows, using the Windows CD to delete
all
existing drives/partitions.
Then create the 'Primary' C: partition, install Windows and then use
Disk
Management to create
the Extended partition and logical drives.

Another option would be to use Acronis True Image (see note about
product
test below)
to make an image backup of all the files on each partition (including
C:)
to your second drive.
Then use the Windows CD to remove the existing partitions (as stated
above).
Next create the primary partition and the restore the image of your C:
drive,
you do this by using the True Image emergency boot CD to access and
restore the image file stored on your second drive.
Then use Windows Disk Management to create the remaining partitions
(including the free space you could not access before).

Note: Since you appear to be using a Promise card I would test Acronis
emergency CD
by removing the hard drive that has Windows installed and see if
Acronis
can see your other drive
which I assume is also connected to the Promise card.

Acronis True Image
(has a 15 day trial version although I have not tried it, I use Norton
Ghost, both products support an Emergency Boot CD)
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

How to do a Clean Install of Windows XP
Start by changing the BIOS setting to Boot from CD drive first.
Then see below:
From Michael Steven's:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm
also: http://www.bootdisk.com/

Also make sure you have the drivers you need for your motherboard,
video
card, sound card, Etc.

Try Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
It does a good job of providing a wealth of information including
software Key codes
and Devices you will need Drivers for.

I've said a lot and don't blame you if you decline, it's just my best
guess having used a Linux based partition tool
in the distant past and then trying to reinstall Windows.

JS

"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not sure. It was either Partition Magic 8 or GParted.

JS wrote:
Did you use Partition Magic or Windows Disk Management
to create the Extended partition and then the logical drives D:, E:
and
F: ?

JS

"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Correct.

JS wrote:
So if you right click on the 'Free Space' in Drive 0 and create a
new
logical drive (assuming you are able to) this is when your problems
begin?

JS

"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Incidentally, as the attached screenshot shows, parts of Windows
correctly see the size of the drive.

Anna wrote:
"Will Pittenger" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I already knew 48-LBA was supported thanks to another program I
downloaded.
However, I did download yours. It was nicer. It does say that
48-bit LBA is supported.

I should note that the drive in question has been chirping.
When
my previous drive did that, someone at http://hddguru.com said
to
return the
drive. I did that. So far, I have only noticed it with this
drive (the
replacement) once with Windows failing to wake up from
hibernation
once (cause unknown as I was asleep).

However, neither of the programs that I have run to check things
like that
have had a problem. Please note that your program sees this
drive
as only
137 GB. It knows about 48-bit LBA drives but can't properly
recognize one?

JS wrote:
Verify if HD Tune indicates your drive supports 48Bit LBA.
HD Tune, provides drive info and has an option to test your
drive. http://www.hdtune.com/
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Will:
It seems reasonably clear (I least I *think* it's "reasonably
clear"!) that
when you installed your large-capacity HDD your XP OS did *not*
contain SP1 and/or SP2. Would I be correct about that?

Should that be the case the OS will *not* detect disk-capacity
>>>>>>>>>> 137 GB
(roughly 128 GB binary). Should you subsequently install SP1
and/or
SP2 the
full capacity of the disk will be recognized however the
remaining
disk
space > the 137 GB (128 GB) will be considered "unallocated
>>>>>>>>>> space", i.e.,
disk space that you can partition/format using XP's Disk
Management
utility. So at the minimum you have two partitions on the
drive.

Obviously we're assuming your BIOS supports large-capacity disks
and judging from your description it does.
Anna

P.S.
The "chirping" is another story. Just ensure you maintain current
backups of your system.


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