[Solved]Error: Current NTFS Volume Size is bigger than the device size

Would you please also provide the output from the following two commands?

fdisk -l -u

where one of the options is a lower case "L" and not a one.

parted /path-to-your-device unit s print

where /path-to-your-device is something like /dev/sda.

EDIT:  After re-reading this post I see that you have already provided these files.  I will examine them and report back.

EDIT2:  Upon examining both of the pbr files in the above upload, I am unable to find an NTFS file system marker.  Please perform the following commands and upload the results.

Next I will need a copy of the Master Boot Record, and the NTFS Partition Boot Record.

You can capture the Master Boot Record in a file with the following command:

NOTE:  Be extra careful to type this command in properly, otherwise loss of data could result.

dd if=/dev/sda of=sda-goubaas.mbr bs=512 count=1

where sda-goubaas.mbr is the name of the file that will need to be uploaded so that I can examine it.

You can capture the NTFS Partition Boot Record in a file with the following command:

NOTE:  Be extra careful to type this command in properly, otherwise loss of data could result.

dd if=/dev/sda of=sda1-goubaas.pbr bs=512 count=1 skip=63

where sda1-goubaas.pbr is the name of the file that will need to be uploaded.

Upload both of these files to a media sharing service, such as mediafire, and post links to the files back here.

Yes, I am using a Live CD.  It is GParted Live version 0.4.8-1 i believe.

Here is the new link to the .mbr and .pbr files:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e15a … d2eb488dac

Thanks for the help.

Sorry for the trouble, but after downloading the new .mbr file I went through the following steps but GParted still reports the same error:

-put the new .mbr file onto a flash drive
-mounted the flash drive in GParted using mkdir /mnt/usb, then mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
-used dd if=/mnt/usb/sda-goubaas_new.mbr of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
-Checked the disk using GParted, returned the same error as before (current volume size is bigger than device size)
-decided to run chkdsk to see if problem could be resolved that way.
-Windows recovery reported that no parameter /f exists for chkdsk
-Instead I used chkdsk /r , but the boot problem continues.

Not sure if I performed a step incorrectly or missed one, reread your post several times over but couldn't find any step that I had skipped.
If it is any use to you, GParted reports my primary partition as being ~465 GB (the total physical size of my drive), but still reports the error.

Any extra help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much for the help , finally got it to work after running reloading the .mbr, rebooting, then running chkdsk in the recovery console.

As for the steps to how I got to this problem, I can only tell you what I did, not going to try to recreate my old problem until I get a full safe backup in place.

1. Booted from GParted Live CD.
2. Resized my old partition back from ~465 GB to ~350 GB (had "Round to cylinders" box checked)
3. Created a new partition in the old space ~100 GB.
4. After applying these operations, the resize and creation operations went off without a hitch, but after they were done my old partition had a warning sign next to it.
5. Looking in the information about that drive, I saw the error "Current NTFS Volume size is bigger than the device size".

That's about it.  I've read around that leaving the "round to cylinders" box unchecked can avoid the problem I had, but since I haven't gone back and retraced my steps without that box checked, I can't say for sure one way or the other.  Hope this helps, and once again, thanks .  I'll try to remember to post back here if I ever do repartition my hard drive again, hopefully my experience will be better than this past one.