Re: error in partition table leaves some space inaccessible


"Allan" <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My partition table has gotten damaged. Specifically, the extended
partition
has an incorrect ending cylinder, which leaves some unused disk space
inaccessible.

My disk started out with a Vista partition at the beginning and a recovery
partition at the end, so as fdisk says, "Partition table entries are not
in
disk order". I have added a Grub boot partition and the extended
partition.
The extended partition contains three Linux partitions, a swap partition,
and a VFAT partition.

According to fdisk (and Vista disk management agrees), the extended
partition ends at cylinder 11278 and the recovery partition begins at
cylinder 13638. I didn't notice this until I tried to create another
partition, so I don't know how long this error has been there. There's
19G
unused on my disk. I already have four primary partitions, and the
extended
partition says it doesn't include the unused area.

Is there a way to correct the end point on the extended partition in my
partition table so that this area can be used to create additional
partitions?

Thanks,
Allan



Though partition table errors can often be corrected...
there is very grave danger in attempting such.

I suggest you back up everything at once.

As soon as you know all your data are safe, you can try to edit the
partition table

Or perhaps just keep your /home partition and delete the rest and see if you
can recreate
a non-corrupt partitioning scheme and reinstall your OS



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