Problems resizing partition on install

mat_uk111 · 05-17-2006, 10:06 AM

A friend of mine has tried to install mandriva 2006 64bit on his brand new dual core AMD64 PC and has come across the error 'bad cluster accounting' when he tried to resize the partition. Can this be resolved or is this windows trying to hog the PC to itself?

Mat

Randux · 05-17-2006, 01:58 PM

Which Windows version, and with what did he try to resize it? Has he messed up his Windows installation, or does it still work?

A pretty nice working combination is a Linux live CD like Kanotix which has qtparted. qtparted can resize NTFS and other partitions. After that, you should use Linux cfdisk or fdisk to manage the partition table. Stay away from winbloze-based "tools" unless you like reinstalling stuff

mat_uk111 · 05-17-2006, 06:21 PM

The version of windows was XP and I think that he can still use windows. He was doing a Mandriva 2006 install from the 64bit version and using the install to resize the partition.

Mat

Emmanuel_uk · 05-18-2006, 02:01 AM

Never come accros that error. A very good read on the topic
The Ntfsresize Frequently Asked Questions
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html