8.0
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
 - Getting Started
 - PartitionMagic Basics
- PartitionMagic Main Window
 - Rescue Disk Main Window
 - Process Overview
 - Selecting a Hard Disk and Partition
 - Selecting an Operation
 - Undoing an Operation
 - Viewing Pending Operations
 - Applying Changes to Your System
 - Supported File Systems
 - Changing PartitionMagic Preferences
 - Using International Keyboards
 - Defragmenting a Hard Drive
 - Getting Help
 
 - Managing Partitions
- Integrity Checks
 - Browsing Partitions
 - Resizing and Moving Partitions
 - Creating Partitions
 - Deleting Partitions
 - Undeleting Partitions
 - Changing Partition Labels
 - Formatting Partitions
 - Copying Partitions
 - Checking Partitions for Errors
 - Merging Partitions
 - Splitting Partitions
 - Getting Information About Partitions
 - Scanning a Disk for Errors
 - Defragmenting Drives
 
 - Completing Advanced Disk Operations
 - Converting Partitions
- Procedure for Converting Partitions
 - Converting FAT Partitions to FAT32
 - Converting FAT Partitions to NTFS
 - Converting FAT32 Partitions to FAT
 - Converting FAT32 Partitions to NTFS
 - Converting FAT/FAT32 Partitions to 4K Aligned
 - Converting NTFS Partitions to FAT or FAT32
 - Converting Partitions to Logical or Primary
 
 - Using Wizards
 - Using PartitionMagic Utilities
 - BootMagic
- Getting Started
 - Configuring BootMagic
 - Setting BootMagic Passwords
 - Adding an Operating System to the BootMagic Menu
 - Removing an Item from the BootMagic Menu
 - Modifying a Menu Item’s Properties
 - Setting a Default Operating System
 - Booting from a Second Hard Disk
 - Setting the Startup Delay
 - Disabling BootMagic
 - Using the BootMagic Menu
 - Using BootMagic to Install Operating Systems
 - Troubleshooting
 
 - Using PartitionMagic With Other Programs
 - Troubleshooting
- General Troubleshooting
- Freeing Memory to Run PartitionMagic under DOS
 - Assigning a CD-ROM Drive Letter
 - Using PartitionMagic With a SCSI Hard Disk
 - PqRP Partitions
 - Merging Partitions with Different NTFS Version Numbers
 - Resolving Check Errors
 - Resolving Partition Table Errors
 - Partition Tables and Viruses
 - Partition Will Not Boot After Resizing
 
 - Generating Diagnostic Reports with PartitionInfo
 - Error Messages and Solutions
- Miscellaneous Errors (3-38)
 - Disk Access Errors (40-56)
 - Miscellaneous Errors
 - Partition Table Errors (100-199)
- #100 Partition table is bad
 - #104 No sectors in partition
 - #105 Partition starts on wrong boundary
 - #106 Partition doesn’t start with sector one
 - #107 Partition begins after end of disk
 - #108 Partition doesn’t end at end of cylinder
 - #109 Partition ends after end of disk
 - #110 Partition table number of sectors is inconsistent
 - #111 Logical partition starts outside of Extended
 - #112 Logical partition ends outside Extended
 - #113 Partitions overlap
 - #116 Partition table Begin and Start inconsistent
 - #117 Partition’s drive letter cannot be identified
 - #120 The logical drive chain is incompatible
 - #121 The first sector of the drive cannot be read
 - #122 A bad sector was found in the current or new partition area
 - #140 Overlapping partitions found. No partitions can be undeleted.
 
 - Check Errors (500-599)
 - Batch Errors (600-633)
 - User Interaction Errors (950-999)
- #950 Unable to detect any disk drives
 - #951 An invalid value was entered
 - #952 Value entered is the same as the current value
 - #963 Selected operation is currently invalid
 - #968 Incorrect Volume Label entered, Deletion not performed
 - #969 Incorrect Volume Label entered, Unable to proceed.
 - #970 Invalid Bad Sector Check value specified
 - #971 The label entered was too long
 - #972 Invalid characters in the label
 - #973 Volume Label cannot have leading spaces
 - #974 Root size specified was not in the valid range
 - #975 The cluster size specified was invalid for this partition
 - #976 Cannot create the file system specified in the current space
 - #977 Partition selected is invalid
 - #978 Unable to set to proper partition after last operation. Script halted.
 - #986 Unable to get information for the specified partition
 - #993 Partition contains open files. Use the operating system check utility.
 
 - NTFS Check Errors (1500-1699)
- #1501 Wrong version of NTFS
 - #1503 Bad NTFS cluster size
 - #1512 Restart record mismatch
 - #1513 Bad attribute position in file record
 - #1516 Partition improperly dismounted
 - #1527 Bad update sequence number
 - #1529 Information mismatch in directory entry
 - #1538 Can’t find contiguous space to move
 - #1539 File size mismatch
 - #1544 External attribute list in external attribute
 - #1545 File attributes out of order
 - #1546 Attribute neither resident nor nonresident
 - #1547 Wrong run limits
 - #1548 File table has fewer than 16 entries
 - #1549 File table has more than 4 billion entries
 - #1604 File’s parent does not contain the file
 - #1609 Lost cluster(s)
 - #1630 Inconsistent sizes in attribute header
 - #1644 Bad system file sequence number
 - #1647 Error in root directory index
 - #1681 Data is compressed or sparse
 - #1687 An object index is present
 
 - FAT Check Errors (2000-2099)
- #2001 FAT copies are not identical
 - #2002 There are invalid entries in the FAT
 - #2003 File size does not match FAT allocation for file
 - #2005 One or more lost clusters are present
 - #2012 Formatted FAT file system too big for partition
 - #2013 A component of FAT geometry is bad
 - #2024 The OS/2 Extended Attribute file is corrupt
 - #2027 Too many root entries in the FAT32 partition to convert it to FAT16
 - #4002 No valid NetWare volumes signature in volume definition table
 
 - BootMagic Errors (8000-8999)
 - Operating System Errors (over 10,000)
 
 - Exit Code 12
 
 - General Troubleshooting
 - Service and Support Solutions
 - Index
 
Appendix B: Troubleshooting122
#111  Logical partition starts outside of Extended
An extended partition boot record (EPBR) is a sector on the hard disk that 
contains a partition table. The EPBR partition table is special because it generally 
only has two valid entries: one for the logical partition and one that is a pointer to 
the next EPBR. The standard is for the logical partition's entry to be the first entry 
in the table and the second entry is the pointer to the next EPBR. The third and 
fourth entries are not used. For some utilities, such as IBM's Boot Manager, the 
order of these entries is important because the utility expects the first entry to be 
the logical and the second entry to be the pointer to the next EPBR. If 
PartitionMagic detects that the EPBR entries are out of order, you will be 
prompted to fix the error. If you choose to fix the error, PartitionMagic will 
reorder the EPBR entries for you automatically.
#112  Logical partition ends outside Extended 
See error #111. 
#113 Partitions overlap 
The hard disk partition table contains erroneous values. If data partitions overlap, 
writing to one may destroy data in another.
This error is sometimes the result of an OS/2 FDISK bug. If free space exists 
within the extended partition, OS/2’s FDISK program allows a primary partition 
to be created that overlaps the extended partition. A logical partition is 
subsequently created in the space occupied by the overlapping primary partition. 
If a primary partition overlaps the end of the extended partition but does not 
overlap any logical partitions within the extended partition, the problem can be 
remedied by patching the partition table. Only qualified individuals should 
attempt this repair! An incorrect patch could destroy all data on the hard 
disk! In most instances, you should resolve the problem as explained in 
“Resolving Partition Table Errors” on page 114.
#116  Partition table Begin and Start inconsistent
The hard disk partition table contains two inconsistent descriptions of the 
partition’s starting sector. This error can occur if the operating system reports a 
hard-disk geometry that is different than the geometry in use when the partition 
table was written. Possible causes include: (1) different operating systems report 
different hard-disk geometries, (2) you boot from a diskette that loads a different 
driver than is loaded when you boot from the hard disk, (3) upgrading the 
operating system causes a different driver to be used, (4) the hard disk or 










