Mandrake 10 instalation wont let me resize partition

goldenlight · 05-27-2004, 06:56 PM

I currently run windows xp on my entire hd. When I try to use the utility in mandrake 10, I get the error "Decice has bad sectors , not supported yet:"

anyone know what this means? :?:

claudius753 · 05-27-2004, 08:00 PM

I'm not sure that Mandrake can resize NTFS partitions. Try using a third party partitioning tool like Partition Magic that will let you resize partitions. Resize the NTFS so that there is some non-partitioned space on your drive. Then go to install mandrake and use that space you just created to make your partitions and install.

-Nathan

quatsch · 05-27-2004, 08:12 PM

mandrake can definitely resize ntfs partitions. The error message you get says what the problem is. There is a problem on the harddrive. Go into windows and run scandisk on the drive and see if you can get it fixed.

goldenlight · 05-28-2004, 08:20 AM

tried that already and still there is a problem.. I feel like microsoft wants to own my whole hard drive. feel like I am wasting 120gigs of space.