I have a problem Partitioning My HD 1

[dwilko]

I have a Maxtor 20 GB hard drive when I try to Partition me Hard Drive with PartitionMagic 6.0 I get an error that says that there is a problem with my Disk Geometry
the info the Partitioninfo give me is

Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 4961 127 63 63 40013505
Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
ucEndCylinder (4961) must be less than 1024.


Can anyone help me with this problem
Thanks

 

[realm174]

I'm not too familiar with Partition Magic, or PartInfo for that matter, (I have them, know what they are, used them a couple of times... )

What you're not specifying however is what kind of system you're setting up that hard drive on. An older system will not recognize large partitions.

Please be a little more specific, and I'll see if I can think of something... (or someone else will).

 

[dinosnake]

Sounds like the BIOS is not in the proper addressing mode - should be in LBA (Logical Block Address) mode - not Large. Your mileage may vary...

 

[dwilko]

Realm174
I have a
Intel Celeron Processor 400Mhz
192 SDRam
3.01GB HD
20GB HD
Windows Ver: Windows ME 4.90.3000
BIOS Ver: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS Date: 1998

More info on my HD: 20GB Maxtor 541DX (5400)

Hope This info Helps

DinoSnake
I will have A look at the tonight

 

[dwilko]

I Have had the drive working fine but when I wanted to put More partitons on it Partition Magic said it couldn't because the disk the problem on My Disk Geometry

I have downloaded MaxBlast and it says that My BIOS doesn't support a drive that Large.
I think that A BIOS Update Might fix this Problem

I have Vig67m ATX Motherboad The Bios Number Is 2A9JM49i44olx-W977-2A69JM49C-00
Where Can i get I BIOS Update

Thanks For Your Help