1 Topic by philipp (edited by philipp 2009-11-29 03:20:58)

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Topic: [SOLVED] Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size

It seems I am also experiencing this known bug and I messed my Windows 7 Installation.

After resizing and moving the primary boot partition to the right by 2MB gparted is reporting errors and Windows does not boot any longer:
"ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!"

From what I can tell the resize and the following ntfschk went fine but after the move the ntfschk reported that error. And now I am stuck with the Desktop of the Live distro I was using for that operation. (PXE version 4.6.1 of partedmagic)


Output from "fdisk -l -u":
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Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640133946880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250261615 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x662a5ed3

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        4159   127009889    63502865+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2       127009890  1250258624   561624367+   7  HPFS/NTFS
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parted /dev/sda unit s print
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Model: ATA WDC WD6400AAKS-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1250261615s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start       End          Size         Type     File system  Flags
1      4159s       127009889s   127005731s   primary  ntfs         boot
2      127009890s  1250258624s  1123248735s  primary  ntfs
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I hope this can still be fixed. GParted is refusing to perform any other operation on that partition...

Thanks in adance!
Philipp

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Re: [SOLVED] Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size

I was able to solve it - by following the instructions in the other threads. I felt it would be better to edit the ntfs pbr to reflect the smaller partition size (still had the old size in it).

I followed the tips and made the partitionsize one sector smaller in the ntfs mbr than in the mbr. But Windows still wouldn't boot.
Two chkdsk later and after boot repair with the Windows 7 DVD everything is back to normal now.

Cheers
Philipp

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Re: [SOLVED] Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size

I am glad to hear that you were able to solve the problem by examining the other posts.