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| Thread ID: 96633 | 2009-01-17 05:31:00 | Partition editor problems | samnorr (13776) | Press F1 |
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| 739803 | 2009-01-17 05:31:00 | I am going to install the Windows 7 beta (to dual boot with XP), but I am having some problems creating another hard drive partition. I first tried using the GParted boot CD, but it keeps saying that my drive "has at least 2 bad sectors", and will not resize the partition. I then downloaded EASUES Partition Manager and used that (in XP) to resize the current partition and create a new one in the unallocated space. When I click on "apply" I get a message saying a reboot is required, so I accept and the computer restarts. The EASUES boot screen comes up and I then get an error message saying "Failed to quarantine system partition" (Message 4101) and I have to reboot. I have tried this many times, (including one where I quit all the other programs first, as was suggested on the EASUES website) with the same result. Can someone please help? :confused: |
samnorr (13776) | ||
| 739804 | 2009-01-17 05:37:00 | try running chkdsk | Blam (54) | ||
| 739805 | 2009-01-17 07:10:00 | Also, have you tried the inbuillt XP partitoner? Run>diskmgmt.msc |
Blam (54) | ||
| 739806 | 2009-01-17 08:00:00 | Also, have you tried the inbuillt XP partitoner? Run>diskmgmt.msc Quote from original post - "and will not resize the partition". XP Disk Management will not resize. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 739807 | 2009-01-17 08:02:00 | Download seatools & check your hard drive. If it has bad sectors, replace it. | Greven (91) | ||
| 739808 | 2009-01-17 10:14:00 | Also, have you tried the inbuillt XP partitoner? Run>diskmgmt.msc No worries there. Just so long as no data needs to be kept on hidden partitions etc for people that do not have a CD or DVD for the operating system(s) they are using. But you know all this anyway maybe. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 739809 | 2009-01-17 22:49:00 | I do a defrag first before I resize. Also as others have suggested running chkdsk seems a good idea in your situation. Misty :2cents: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 739810 | 2009-01-18 00:24:00 | You can try this: www.raxco.com I've had successes with it before like when there's 20gb of free space and the maxiumum size partition that can be made is 12gb, might help:thumbs: |
Blam (54) | ||
| 739811 | 2009-01-18 01:28:00 | If your partitioning software is telling you there is a problem with your hard drive, it is not a good idea to ignore it. | Greven (91) | ||
| 739812 | 2009-01-18 02:09:00 | I have ran "chkdsk /f /r" on the recovery console at least three times now, and every time it tells me it has "found and fixed one or more errors on the drive", but doesn't fix any of the problems. And at the moment I seem to have lots of problems. I used msconfig yesterday to set the startup mode to diagnostic (in an attempt to get EASEUS to work), but after setting it back, it seems to have somehow screwed a lot of things up. I now cannot get the Avast resident protection scanners to work, Zonealarm's tray icon has vanished and it's main window will not open, and the internet has suddenly stopped working in Windows (it still works fine in Ubuntu, which I am running from the live CD and using to write this). And even more bizarre, all my restore points - including the ones that I had just made the other day - have vanished. Seriously, if I didn't know better I would say that XP is intentionally trying to stop me from installing Windows 7. If I could just make a new partition I could install another OS and see if it's really my hard drive thats the problem, or Windows XP. Can anyone come up with any more suggestions (perhaps recommend another free partition editor)? |
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