New install of XP pro cant see NTFS partition but old install of XP pro can...

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Ian Roberts

Hi

I installed a new XP pro to a new partition over the weekend. So I
multiboot between that and the previous installation of XP pro.

To my surprise the new XP cant see one of my existing NTFS partitions yet
this partition is absolutely fine when running the previous XP.

Running the new XP, under disk management the partition shows up as healthy
but with 100% space free (eek! it shouldnt cos its got Gb's of data on it!)
Under "My Computer" it shows up with a drive letter but has no total size
and free space details (a bit like a CD drive with no disc loaded). If I
right click and go to properties the format shows up as RAW. (Ive not seen
that before)

But when I run the previous XP the partition is fine!

Now.... during the install of the new XP I had to hide this partition (I
used Partition Magic) to keep the drive letters in the order I wanted. After
the installation I unhid it. All seemed fine until I found the problem
described above.

Within Partition Magic I ran a check for errors and it revealed ERROR 1516
"Partition improperly dismounted".

I did a google search and followed the fixes suggested - I've run and
re-run chkdsk /f several times - it doesnt report any errors yet the problem
persists.

Any ideas on a fix for this?

Thanks for your time.

Ian
 
Ian Roberts said:
I installed a new XP pro to a new partition over the weekend. So I multiboot
between that and the previous installation of XP pro.
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To my surprise the new XP cant see one of my existing NTFS partitions
yet this partition is absolutely fine when running the previous XP.
Click to expand...
Running the new XP, under disk management the partition shows up as
healthy but with 100% space free (eek! it shouldnt cos its got Gb's
of data on it!) Under "My Computer" it shows up with a drive letter
but has no total size and free space details (a bit like a CD drive
with no disc loaded). If I right click and go to properties the
format shows up as RAW. (Ive not seen that before)
Click to expand...
But when I run the previous XP the partition is fine!
Click to expand...
Now.... during the install of the new XP I had to hide this partition
(I used Partition Magic) to keep the drive letters in the order I
wanted. After the installation I unhid it. All seemed fine until I
found the problem described above.
Click to expand...
Within Partition Magic I ran a check for errors and it revealed ERROR 1516
"Partition improperly dismounted".
Click to expand...
I did a google search and followed the fixes suggested - I've run and re-run
chkdsk /f several times - it doesnt report any errors yet the problem
persists.
Click to expand...
Any ideas on a fix for this?
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Most likely XP has got seriously confused
by your hiding of the original partition.

Try the alternatives in http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/partsigs.htm
That will likely see XP come to its senses on mounted partitions.

If that doesnt work, delete the new XP install and do
it again and use the other way of achieving a multiboot
install of XP listed on the other page of that web site.
 
Hi,
did u install the new part under FAT32. That might be one raison. Fat32
does'nt recognize NTFS.
 
Hi,
did u install the new part under FAT32. That might be one raison. Fat32
does'nt recognize NTFS.
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That is not correct. Even XP prior to Service Pack 1 could recognize
an NTFS partition even if XP was installed on FAT32.
 
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