Partitioning stopped in middle

[Guest Kevin]

Using PartitionMagic on an external USB drive, I have shrunk a FAT32

partition and expanding the NTSF partition. Right after the NTSF partition

was expanded, it is "moving" the data as it's suppose to (presumeably to the

beginning of that parition). Problem. My USB drive got unplugged at the

power cord when "moving data" was at 32%. The autoplay feature started

reading the directory, as it does when it gets turned on, so I cancelled that

reading and said take no action. I had hoped that ParitionMagic would be able

to pickup where it left off, but it didn't error out and nor is it accessing

the USB drive at the moment. It's been this way for about 10 mins now and I

haven't done anything yet to it. Still sitting like that. What is my next

step? Can I get it to pickup where it left off, or do I have to reboot the

computer? will I lose information or will something like Defragmenting put

it back together?

Thanks for any replies.

Kevin

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Partitioning stopped in middle

 

 

"Kevin" <Kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Using PartitionMagic on an external USB drive, I have shrunk a FAT32

> partition and expanding the NTSF partition. Right after the NTSF partition

> was expanded, it is "moving" the data as it's suppose to (presumeably to

> the

> beginning of that parition). Problem. My USB drive got unplugged at the

> power cord when "moving data" was at 32%. The autoplay feature started

> reading the directory, as it does when it gets turned on, so I cancelled

> that

> reading and said take no action. I had hoped that ParitionMagic would be

> able

> to pickup where it left off, but it didn't error out and nor is it

> accessing

> the USB drive at the moment. It's been this way for about 10 mins now and

> I

> haven't done anything yet to it. Still sitting like that. What is my next

> step? Can I get it to pickup where it left off, or do I have to reboot

> the

> computer? will I lose information or will something like Defragmenting

> put

> it back together?

> Thanks for any replies.

> Kevin

 

You will probably lose the information on your USB drive.

I suspect that you may have to treat this unfortunate incident

as an unpleasant reminder of the warning that the PartitionMagic

peole issue repeatedly: Back up your important data before

repartitioning your disk.

[Guest Kevin]

Re: Partitioning stopped in middle

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

 

> You will probably lose the information on your USB drive.

> I suspect that you may have to treat this unfortunate incident

> as an unpleasant reminder of the warning that the PartitionMagic

> peole issue repeatedly: Back up your important data before

> repartitioning your disk.

 

Yes, I see that nothing is perfect. The USB drive is my backup + storage

not otherwise kept on the internal drives. I'll probably start using DVD

data disks for the extra storage. With the VA and Mastercard, and yet further

back AOL, hacked systems, I don't trust any on-line storage system. It makes

me want to go back to paper storage and use USPS. How redundant to have a

backup of the backup!

But we have to go with the flow of the times.

Thanks for your quick response!

Kevin