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harddrive problem
Name: Wetfeet2000 Date: August 9, 2003 at 20:36:36 Pacific OS: XP SP1 CPU/Ram: 2.8 Ghz
Comment:
I have a new 80 GB in which i installed Xp on. Now it has a weird error, and when i use chkdsk at bootup to fix it, it hangs, and dosent do anything about it. Luckilly my comp still boots if i just ignore it, but i cant use partition magic or anything since it marks the partition as "bad." here is the output from a program i pulled up.
Error #106: Partition didn't begin on head boundary. ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 18. Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk. ucEndCylinder (9729) must be less than 9729.
Does anyone know a good program in which i can use to fix this ?
Name: Roman Date: August 9, 2003 at 20:55:42 Pacific
Reply:
I say partition it again.... well maybe format it all and then partition. Use the basics also. Get yourself one of the windows 98 or ME start up disks and run format c and fdisk from there. Ive always used the old style method withotu a problem.
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Response Number 2
Name: RichGu Date: August 9, 2003 at 22:48:00 Pacific
Reply:
Use FDISK first to delete all partitions. Then create new partitions (also with FDISK).
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