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| 93394 | 2002-10-27 03:29:00 | Im running windows xp pro (sp1), my virus scanner is norton antivirus 2003, and i am using partition magic 8.0 and the c:\ drives file format is ntfs. I tryed to create a logical partition using pm8. Everything went fine until i restarted my computer and pm started creating the new partition. It came up after a few seconds: error 27: cannot lock drive The partition was unsuccessful. Any sugestions? |
jordan_XP (1994) | ||
| 93395 | 2002-10-27 03:54:00 | Only have PM4, and Win98, but the argument will be the same. Its like the problems with defrag it sounds as though there are files/programs that are running in the background. For PM to be able to modify a partition it has to "lock it", if something is running eg antivirus monitor or something else PM wont be able to do its stuff. So try shutting everything down before using PM, also scandisk and defrag first. HTH. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 93396 | 2002-10-27 06:30:00 | tried everything you suggested, and none of it worked. any more suggestions? | jordan_XP (1994) | ||
| 93397 | 2002-10-27 08:12:00 | The only other thing I can think of is to ask whether you created free space first before trying to create a partition, but if you didnt , PM probably wouldnt let you proceed anyway. Perhaps someone else will have an answer to this ?:| |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 93398 | 2002-10-27 18:17:00 | I hope so, because pm8 aint cheap, and if it dosnt work properly - X-( | jordan_XP (1994) | ||
| 93399 | 2002-10-27 20:01:00 | Just thinking after looking at your other post, it sounds like you're fiddling with too much at once on your machine. :p It pays to only try one thing at a time you know, because how do we know if this problem is related to the other one or not? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 93400 | 2002-10-27 20:34:00 | partition magic - error 27: cannot lock drive Go to your local google site and put in the above search link, there are some error27 messages links there, I have not explored them in detail but maybe one of them will solve your problem or give you a idea as to what may be wrong. |
duckyduck (197) | ||
| 93401 | 2002-10-28 01:05:00 | > I hope so, because pm8 aint cheap, and if it dosnt > work properly - X-( PM works, but despite its name, it isn't magic. it will have touble partitioning discs that have not been defragged and scandisced first. It will have trouble on a disc that is more than say 75% full as it needs lots of room to move stuff around. It will also have trouble undertaking more than one or two operations at a time. It will have trouble if their are any errors on the disc not picked up by scan disc. For instance, the other day I was using PM7 to modify my disc. I did all of the good things first, but scandisc failed to pick up some anomalies in the security headers of my NTFS volumes - result - 1x lost partition. The data was still there, just nat accessable. I could have shelled out for a rescue program, but I had CD-R backups which were cheaper and faster to restore. So, problems with PM are usually not PM's fault, but errors on YOUR part, or on your disc. It is always dangerous modifying your disc when there is data on it, and the risks are high, but that is why you need to backup first. Here (www.powerquest.com) is Powerquests explanation of the error. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 93402 | 2002-10-30 05:14:00 | i have defgagged and scan disked and still the same problem happens. what else is there that i can do? -Jordan |
jordan_XP (1994) | ||
| 93403 | 2002-10-30 05:59:00 | So did you attempt the methods suggested by PowerQuest? Running scandisk on an NTFS partition - interesting - must try it one day . Lessee - NTFS partition (presumably the entire drive) and Norton AntiVirus running . Hmmmmm - you could always make the two rescue disks (believe that's what PQ renamed them) and boot off them . Amazing thing Caldera DOS . Then again, disable Nortons AV also . . . then restart partitioning . Wonderful when PM has the drive to itself . Umm, what else? Get someone else to do it - but then that may be insulting so better skip that one . Well - in that case I better repeat the first . Did you attempt the methods suggested by PowerQuest? |
Merlin (503) | ||
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