1 Topic by mormreed (edited by mormreed 2011-04-22 05:11:10)

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Topic: [SOLVED]Error: Current NTFS Volume Size is Bigger Than The Device Size

EDIT: FOLLOWED THE TUTORIAL AND TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT ALL WORKED OUT






The partition it is on is /dev/sdb1 this is an ntfs partition on sdb and the only other thing on it is a 1MB unallocated area before the partition.

nick@Ubuntu:/$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Model: ATA WDC WD15EVDS-68V (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2930277168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End          Size         Type     File system  Flags
1      2048s  2930272064s  2930270017s  primary  ntfs

nick@Ubuntu:/$ sudo fdisk -l -u

Disk /dev/sda: 150.0 GB, 150039945216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18241 cylinders, total 293046768 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xab94ce97

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *      206848   253980285   126886719    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2       253980672   291094527    18556928   83  Linux
/dev/sda3       291096574   293046271      974849    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       291096576   293046271      974848   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x23790f23

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048  2930272064  1465135008+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 2134 MB, 2134376448 bytes
2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 33084 cylinders, total 4168704 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x01a103bc

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *          32     4168703     2084336    7  HPFS/NTFS

any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: version is 2.2

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Re: [SOLVED]Error: Current NTFS Volume Size is Bigger Than The Device Size

'Glad to hear that you were able to resolve the problem.   smile