Guest adi Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 My problem is like this, i have Xp pro installed on a SATA drive which is having 2 partitions as C: and D:, size of disk is 80 GB Xp is installed on C:( Both system and Boot partition are same) Recently I started having a lot of chkdsk error while satrting the machine and while using it also, It appeared that volume has got corrupted or developed surface defects. I reinstalled the Xp on Same partition by deleting the partion C:\ but problem reappeaed again. So I decided to install xp on partion 2 (i.e D:\) on my system during the installation using OS Cd I observed that althoug h i had selected partition 2 during installation ,but xp's setup program first start formatting drive C:\ and since unable to format it (Due to surface defects dispalyas a message) installation could not be continued. To resolve this problem,During installation when setup asks you to choose and create partion i deleted the First partition, and then tried the installation, i met with the same error Partition are not iwhich xp can understand and again prompted to create partition 1 and then format it. No luck Thinking that (and guessing too) whole of my Partion1 will not be damaged so in the next setup I created a 5 GB, 40Gb,30GB partitions and selected Partitions 3 (i.e 30 GB) during installation, again the xp setup program first went to format 5 GB partition , but this time this portion of disk was healthy so it was formatted sucessfully , After formatting 5GB partition setup went on to format my 30 GB partion and xp was finally installed, and I thiught that I had made good use of disk space The real problem started here when i went in disk management i found C:(5 GB) was listed as system partition and E:(30 Gb) as boot partition. since i dont want to run system on failing disk partion i thought to make E:\930 Gb) as system partition i used the diskpart to make it active and made the C:(5GB) partition as inactive and copied the boot.ini and ntdetect and ntldr to E: partion and tried to boot the machine surprisingly my machine didnot started. thinking that boot record are not written properly i used recovery console to run fixboot E:\ No result, when i tried to run fixmbr I meeted a warning MBR on your disk is not standard writing a new MBR will make your partitions inacessible( why and how the nonstandard MBR came into the picture, from where this nonstandard MBR came ?) i also tried to run bootcfg /rebuild no sucess, i again reinstalled xp using 5Gb,40 Gb, 30 Gb trick ( No Luck) My qustion is if you have a say 80, or 160 Gb HDD and for some reason your HD is damaged (primary partion) then there is no use of purchasing big size disks as setup creates one primary partition other as extended and logical partions CAN SOMBODY TELL ME HOW TO MAKE MY E:\ PARTION AS SYSTEM PARTITION WITHOUT REINSTALLING WINDOWS AGAIN, Is it happening because of extended partion and logical partitions created by setup HOW TO CREATE PRIMARY PARTITION USING SETUP CD ( NOT USING ANY PE) WILL CREATING A PRIMARY PARTITION USING SOME PE WILL HELP ME TO INSTALL XP ON e: PARTITION WITH SYSTEM AND BOOT VOL AS SAME
Guest db.·.. > Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: installing xp on partition 2 when partion 1 is corrupt just keep it simple. "simple" is the key to "success" erase and wipe everything from everywhere, as there is simply too much corruption and i don't think anyone here will take the time to unravel this pile of tangled string for you. next, be sure you computer has a internal harddrive and it is recognized by the c drive next install windows to the default drive which will be the c. next "enjoy" later, if you want to make pe's and install sata's, etc.. be sure to make a backup of the c drive also, if you are installing other o.s's like linux, etc.. (in which it is likely you have been doing), then install one o.s. per hard disk and not per partition. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> "adi" <adi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8B9C7B1B-4FDD-4E1A-A9E8-29C030CB9C41@microsoft.com... > My problem is like this, i have Xp pro installed on a SATA drive which is > having 2 partitions as C: and D:, size of disk is 80 GB > > Xp is installed on C:( Both system and Boot partition are same) > > Recently I started having a lot of chkdsk error while satrting the machine > and while using it also, It appeared that volume has got corrupted or > developed surface defects. > > I reinstalled the Xp on Same partition by deleting the partion C:\ but > problem reappeaed again. > > So I decided to install xp on partion 2 (i.e D:\) on my system during the > installation using OS Cd > > I observed that althoug h i had selected partition 2 during installation > ,but xp's setup program first start formatting drive C:\ and since unable to > format it (Due to surface defects dispalyas a message) installation could not > be continued. > > To resolve this problem,During installation when setup asks you to choose > and create partion i deleted the First partition, and then tried the > installation, i met with the same error Partition are not iwhich xp can > understand and again prompted to create partition 1 and then format it. No > luck > > Thinking that (and guessing too) whole of my Partion1 will not be damaged so > in the next setup I created a 5 GB, 40Gb,30GB partitions and selected > Partitions 3 (i.e 30 GB) during installation, again the xp setup program > first went to format 5 GB partition , but this time this portion of disk was > healthy so it was formatted sucessfully , > > After formatting 5GB partition setup went on to format my 30 GB partion and > xp was finally installed, and I thiught that I had made good use of disk space > > The real problem started here when i went in disk management i found C:(5 > GB) was listed as system partition and E:(30 Gb) as boot partition. > > since i dont want to run system on failing disk partion i thought to make > E:\930 Gb) as system partition > > i used the diskpart to make it active and made the C:(5GB) partition as > inactive and copied the boot.ini and ntdetect and ntldr to E: partion and > tried to boot > the machine surprisingly my machine didnot started. > > thinking that boot record are not written properly i used recovery console > to run fixboot E:\ > > No result, > > when i tried to run fixmbr I meeted a warning MBR on your disk is not > standard writing a new MBR will make your partitions inacessible( why and how > the nonstandard MBR came into the picture, from where this nonstandard MBR > came ?) > > i also tried to run bootcfg /rebuild no sucess, > > i again reinstalled xp using 5Gb,40 Gb, 30 Gb trick ( No Luck) > > My qustion is if you have a say 80, or 160 Gb HDD and for some reason your > HD is damaged (primary partion) then there is no use of purchasing big size > disks > as setup creates one primary partition other as extended and logical partions > > CAN SOMBODY TELL ME HOW TO MAKE MY E:\ PARTION AS SYSTEM PARTITION WITHOUT > REINSTALLING WINDOWS AGAIN, > > Is it happening because of extended partion and logical partitions created > by setup > > HOW TO CREATE PRIMARY PARTITION USING SETUP CD ( NOT USING ANY PE) > > WILL CREATING A PRIMARY PARTITION USING SOME PE WILL HELP ME TO INSTALL XP > ON e: PARTITION WITH SYSTEM AND BOOT VOL AS SAME
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: installing xp on partition 2 when partion 1 is corrupt "adi" <adi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8B9C7B1B-4FDD-4E1A-A9E8-29C030CB9C41@microsoft.com... > My problem is like this, i have Xp pro installed on a SATA drive which is > having 2 partitions as C: and D:, size of disk is 80 GB > > Xp is installed on C:( Both system and Boot partition are same) > > Recently I started having a lot of chkdsk error while satrting the machine > and while using it also, It appeared that volume has got corrupted or > developed surface defects. This is a very large clue that the drive is *damaged* > > I reinstalled the Xp on Same partition by deleting the partion C:\ but > problem reappeaed again. Of course, the drive is damaged. You're painting rust. > > So I decided to install xp on partion 2 (i.e D:\) on my system during the > installation using OS Cd > > I observed that althoug h i had selected partition 2 during installation > ,but xp's setup program first start formatting drive C:\ and since unable > to > format it (Due to surface defects dispalyas a message) installation could > not > be continued. Yes, the drive is damaged. Don't use it. You are wasting your time and effort. > > To resolve this problem, Replace the drive. > During installation when setup asks you to choose > and create partion i deleted the First partition, and then tried the > installation, i met with the same error Partition are not iwhich xp can > understand and again prompted to create partition 1 and then format it. No > luck > > Thinking that (and guessing too) whole of my Partion1 will not be damaged > so > in the next setup I created a 5 GB, 40Gb,30GB partitions and selected > Partitions 3 (i.e 30 GB) during installation, again the xp setup program > first went to format 5 GB partition , but this time this portion of disk > was > healthy so it was formatted sucessfully , > > After formatting 5GB partition setup went on to format my 30 GB partion > and > xp was finally installed, and I thiught that I had made good use of disk > space > > The real problem started here when i went in disk management i found C:(5 > GB) was listed as system partition and E:(30 Gb) as boot partition. > > since i dont want to run system on failing disk partion i thought to make > E:\930 Gb) as system partition > > i used the diskpart to make it active and made the C:(5GB) partition as > inactive and copied the boot.ini and ntdetect and ntldr to E: partion and > tried to boot > the machine surprisingly my machine didnot started. > > thinking that boot record are not written properly i used recovery console > to run fixboot E:\ > > No result, > > when i tried to run fixmbr I meeted a warning MBR on your disk is not > standard writing a new MBR will make your partitions inacessible( why and > how > the nonstandard MBR came into the picture, from where this nonstandard MBR > came ?) > > i also tried to run bootcfg /rebuild no sucess, > > i again reinstalled xp using 5Gb,40 Gb, 30 Gb trick ( No Luck) > > My qustion is if you have a say 80, or 160 Gb HDD and for some reason your > HD is damaged (primary partion) then there is no use of purchasing big > size > disks > as setup creates one primary partition other as extended and logical > partions > > CAN SOMBODY TELL ME HOW TO MAKE MY E:\ PARTION AS SYSTEM PARTITION WITHOUT > REINSTALLING WINDOWS AGAIN, > > Is it happening because of extended partion and logical partitions created > by setup > > HOW TO CREATE PRIMARY PARTITION USING SETUP CD ( NOT USING ANY PE) > > WILL CREATING A PRIMARY PARTITION USING SOME PE WILL HELP ME TO INSTALL XP > ON e: PARTITION WITH SYSTEM AND BOOT VOL AS SAME Don't even bother to do this. It is a waste of time. The drive is clearly damaged and should be removed from the system and replaced. You can't fix it; at best you may recover some of the data. Get a new drive, remove the old one, install the new one, install XP to it. *after* XP is fully installed, re-attach the old drive as a secondary or external drive and copy off what you can. For reference, where I am, 500 gig SATA drives are around $100. 80 gig drives are perhaps $50 or $60. Again, it's clear that your drive is failing and should not be used. It certainly can't be relied on; you can't even install to it. If the same sorts of problems appear with the new drive, consider replacing the rest of the system. HTH -pk
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