Windows partition size is incorrect but linux shows correct

rupesh_cs · Post by **rupesh_cs** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:10 am

Suggest me a solution for correcting the reported wrong partition size by windowsXP

merendo · Post by **merendo** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:42 am

If you would give a more precise description of your problem, i am fairly sure you will receive help.

But your problem is strange. Because afaik (don't own WinXP) WinXP uses the filesystem ntfs which Linux cannot write to, only read from (thanks to microsoft).

But however, the more precise the description of your problem is, the better the help will be you receive.

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:44 am

Run scandisk so windows may correct that...

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:25 am

partition size should not be affected by scandisk, num3

scandisk only handles the contents of a partition afaik

xp and nt sometimes have their own ideas about partition sizes, and what partitions they should access... try to totally change the type of another (hidden) partition, for example using vamos, relaunch xp, and xp still sees, for example, if it is an ntfs partition

with some very non-standard partition schemes this can cause some serious trouble (i know, i ran into it on some multiboot configs)

when (de) (re) installing different os's, and messing around with partitions, stuff can get so seriously screwed up that there is no way out but to delete everything and start from scratch

(i once screwed up my primary machine so badly that i had to purchase advanced partition recovery to get some important files back, since then i am a firm believer in ghost images and regular backups)