Question:
Cant Partition HDD In HP Laptop 5118
Hi i have a peculiar problem friends
I have been using partition magic 8 for long and it never failed me,
Except yest when i triend to partition my mamoth 100 gb HDD.
Please its showing the error no 983, and is stopping the partition.
How can i overcome this?
Please help me on this, i really dnt know what to do.
Is It that HP doesnt allow to partition, if thats so, there can be a way to un do that right?
Answer:
Re: Cant Partition HDD In HP Laptop 5118
Hi...
I can't help you with Partition Magic, but i have a HP Compaq and first thing i did was to format everything and reinstall, with new partitions included. Maybe it's a compatibility issue between your Partition Magic version and that HDD in particular.
Cheers, mate!
Answer:
Re: Cant Partition HDD In HP Laptop 5118
well i got it right,
a visit to partition magic website solved the problem!
Answer:
Re: Cant Partition HDD In HP Laptop 5118
glad you fixed your problem.
the fix for this is to run "chkdsk /f" (without quotes) in command prompt.
that'll fix allow the drve to be partitioned by Partition Magic