Posted on behalf of Max Timchenko.
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Using a 8.6G hard drive, at first partitioned this way:
2G C: drive, FAT32 - boot and win98
Extended partition
500M logic drive D:, FAT16
3G logic drive E:, FAT32
2G F: drive, FAT32
and some free space, the following table [from system commander]
should get it clearer:
------------------------> start screenshot
Prim B 1 1 0 4192902 (2047 MB) << C:
Extd 5 1 0 261 7132860 (3482 MB) << DOS extended
Logc 6 1 1 261 1028097 (502 MB) << D:
Logc B 1 1 325 6104637 (2980 MB) << E:
Prim C 1 0 835 3036285 (1482 MB) << F:
------------------------> end screenshot
I wanted to create one more, win95 bootable partition.
After running OS Wizard from System Commander Deluxe, the stuff got
weird. I still can access anything, but all partition-related
software (PartitionMagic, OS Wizard [the same one] and more) crash on
starting, and current partition table is "different and strange":
---------------------> start screenshot
Drive 0 - Validated
BIOS Parameters: Sector = 63 Head = 254 Cylinder = 1023
---- Drive ----- Starting ----- ------ Ending ------ ----
Sector
Partition ID Sector Head Cylinder Sector Head Cylinder First
Total
+0-0 B 1 1 0 63 254 260 63
4192902
0-1 16 1 1 261 63 254 324 4193028
1028097
0-2 1B 1 1 325 63 254 704 5221188
6104637
0-3 5 1 254 771 63 254 963 12402117
3084543
ext-1 B 1 1 0 63 254 260 63w
4192902
5 1 0 261 63 254 704 4192965w
7132860
ext-2 6 1 1 261 63 254 324 63w
1028097
5 1 0 325 63 254 704 1028160w
6104700
ext-3 B 1 1 325 63 254 704 63w
6104637
ext-4 C 1 0 835 63 254 1023 13414275r
3036285
)w = warning (orange in SCIN display
)r = real problem (red in SCIN display
'+' indicates bootable/active flag set on this partition
----------------------------> end screenshot
I have a new drive D: now which I can't access (all other drives are one
letter up). Notice also that five partitions have 'w' (warning) and one
has 'r' (real problem). Old D: and E: drives repeat themselves twice.
Now it seems that the best way to repair that is to wipe the partition
table and recreate it. (can you suggest another way to fix?) "The"
question
here is - how? and here is the point where I ask you to help me.
(Scandisk doesn't notice a problem.)
Another glitch: If you examine closely the later screenshot, you'll see
that all
partitions start @ Sector 1, Head 1, Cylinder x. I thought they were
supposed to start @ Sector 1, Head 0. Is there a problem here?
(the screenshot below displays these gaps as "unused")
And, here's another screenshot, to complicate things for you.
--------> screenshot start
_
_ Ranish Partition Manager Version 2.38 Beta 1.6 November 26,
1998 _
_
_
_ ] Hard Disk 1 8,056 Mbytes [ 1,027 cylinders x 255 heads x 63
sectors _
_
Using LBA _
_ File Starting Ending
Partition _
_ ]Type Row System Type Cyl Head Sect Cyl Head Sect Size
[KB # _
_
Problems
_
_ 0 MBR Master Boot Record 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 _
_ 1 Pri Unused 0 0 2 0 0
63 31 _
_ 2 >Pri 1 Windows FAT-32 0 1 1 260 254 63
2,096,451 _
_ 3 Pri Unused 261 0 1 261 0
63 31 _
_ 4 Pri 2 Hidden FAT-16 261 1 1 324 254 63
514,048 _
_ 5 Pri Unused 325 0 1 325 0
63 31 _
_ 6 Pri 3 Hidden FAT-32 325 1 1 704 254 63
3,052,318 _
_ 7 Pri Unused 705 0 1 771 253 63
538,146 _
_ 8 Pri 4 Extended 771 254 1 963 254 63
1,542,271 _
_ 9 > Log Windows FAT-32 772 0 1 1,032 253 63
2,096,451 _
_ 10 Log Windows FAT-32 LBA 835 0 1 1,023 254 63
1,518,142 _
_ 11 Ext Extended 1,032 254 1 1,476 253 63
3,566,430 _
------------------------> end screenshot
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