Topic: [SOLVED] XP partitions with exclamation marks and not showing data
I have two XP partitions on a couple of harddrives which both (ie the 2x XPsp3 OSs) boot up normally.
But in GParted (running offof a CD) they both have an exclamation mark next to them in the partition list and do not show how much of the partition is used/free - or show the usual yellow "data used" bands in the GUI - just a blank partition box.
And I can't seem to copy/paste these partitions onto other sdds - after starting into the copying process it just comes up with an error message.
As does trying to check/repair them in GParted.
And yes, I have checked that they are not hibernated or anything like that !
All my other OS partitions on various sdds and ssds - ie 7 and several linuxes - display normally.
As do the XP partitions size-wise - and showing that they are ntfs filesystem.
But they both seem to be unable to be resized, moved, or copied - as if somehow GParted can't access them.
I say that both these XPs boot OK but one of them, on an 90G OCZ SSD, which used to boot up staggeringly fast, is now, for some unknown reason (a "Repair" re-installation over-write I did??) taking a minute+ to boot - ie back to the whirlygig drive speed of the other one!
Any ideas??
Or suggestions for any other freeware ntfs filesystem checking and repair apps?
TIA
PaulMW