I am working on Compaq EVO. It has a 40GB DiamondMax hard drive and
is formatted as a single NTFS Primary Active partition. No other
partition is showing. However I suspect there is a small Compaq
hidden partition. Using Partition Magic 8 I can not resize and add
any partitions. I want to resize the existing partition to 30 GB and
make a FAT32 10GB Extended logical partition with the remain 10GB.
But I can't make any changes, from Windows, from DOS, even when I
install the hard drive in another computer. NOr can I image the
existing C drive .... I just get a errro report. With PM I am getting
this error
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#108 Partition doesn't end at end of cylinder
The hard-disk partition table contains erroneous values.
PartitionMagic expects partitions to begin and end on the correct
cylinder boundaries. If they do not, the disk may be partially
corrupted. In this circumstance, if PartitionMagic were to make any
modifications it might cause the loss of data. Therefore, Partition
Magic refuses to recognize any of the hard disk's partitions. To
resolve this problem, see the instructions in Resolving partition table errors.
Resolve partition table errors
1)Ensure the computer has no viruses.
2)Back up the data on the affected partitions.
3)Delete the partitions.
4)Recreate the partitions.
5)Restore the contents of the partitions.
You may need to use the FDISK program from a recent DOS version
because earlier versions may refuse to delete HPFS or hidden
partitions, and the OS/2 FDISK program may recognize the partition's
corruption and refuse to modify it.
In some cases, you can resolve partition table errors manually. Run
PartitionInfo to determine the errors on your partitions. Refer to
Generating diagnostic reports with PartitionInfo for additional
information about PartitionInfo.
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OK, I could wipe the drive and start over... but I don't want to go
to all that trouble. Anybody know how I can get rid of the hidden
Compaq partition without killing the existing partition/setup?
