1 Topic by Klexur (edited by gedakc 2011-07-08 21:01:36)

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Topic: SOLVED-ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!

I've only played with Linux before, and was thinking of getting serious by making a new partition to instal it to. Long story short I got this error and now cannot boot Vista. Which is the only OS i had installed at the time.

I hope this is all the info needed seeing as how I am having to type it verbatim by looking at the other screen.

1) partition 1 aka /dev/sda1
2) GParted Live 0.8.1
3) fdisk -l -u

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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: 0xfd338468

Device    Boot    Start    End    Blocks    Id   System
/dev/sd1    *      63    440403967    220201952+    7    HPFS/NTFS

parted /dev/sda unit s print

Model: ATA FUJITSUMHZ2250B (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 488397168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number    Start    End    Size    Type    File system    Flags
1    63s    440403967s    440403905s    primary    ntfs    boot
3    459073536s    488390655s    29317120s    primary    ntfs

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Re: SOLVED-ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!

The above output is highly unusual in that fdisk reports only 1 partition where as parted reports 2 partitions.

The next steps assume the problem you are experiencing is with the first partition.

We will need copies 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-klexur.mbr bs=512 count=1

where sda-klexur.mbr is the name of the file that will need to be uploaded.


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-klexur.pbr bs=512 count=1 skip=63

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


Then upload these files to a media sharing site, such as mediafire or filefactory, and post the link to these files in this forum post.

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Re: SOLVED-ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!

gedakc wrote:

The above output is highly unusual in that fdisk reports only 1 partition where as parted reports 2 partitions.

yeah, since i  had to type it all out myself, i might not have got everything =/

but you can mark this as solved, i managed to fix it using the tutorial after i managed to get a copy of ubuntu installed. i was having too much trouble trying to use vim.

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Re: SOLVED-ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!

Thanks for reporting back.  'Marking this as solved.