Does XP have an 8gb limit on the system disk, and if so is there a way to
get round it?

I just expanded my system partition from 8 to 18gb (it kept filling up)
using partition manager 8.0, but now when I try to boot it says "A disk read
error has occurred". Just wondering if this is because it has increased
over 8gb and isn't being recognised or if PM8 has just screwed it up...

"bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Does XP have an 8gb limit on the system disk,

No.

> and if so is there a way to get round it?

If the BIOS has that limit, your system is that old that running WinXP
on it is not a good idea anyway. However, there are BIOS updates avai-
lable in most cases.

> I just expanded my system partition from 8 to 18gb (it kept filling up)
> using partition manager 8.0, but now when I try to boot it says "A disk
> read error has occurred". Just wondering if this is because it has
> increased over 8gb and isn't being recognised or if PM8 has just
> screwed it up...

You may want to contact the PM Tech support since this is not a Windows
issue.

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bob wrote:
> Does XP have an 8gb limit on the system disk, and if so is there a way to
> get round it?
>

No, there hasn't been any such limit since the days of WinNT.


> I just expanded my system partition from 8 to 18gb (it kept filling up)
> using partition manager 8.0, but now when I try to boot it says "A disk read
> error has occurred". Just wondering if this is because it has increased
> over 8gb and isn't being recognised or if PM8 has just screwed it up...
>
>

As Partition Manager should have warned you, resizing a system
partition often results in an unbootable situation. You should be able
to simply boot from the WinXP installation disk and use the Recovery
Console to repair the boot sector.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (Q314058)
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;en-us;Q314058

If that fails, I hope that you had any important data backed up, as
your only recovery may require a repartitioning and reinstallation.


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bob wrote:

> Does XP have an 8gb limit on the system disk, and if so is there a
> way to get round it?


No. In fact, it's a very rare person running XP who has it installed on a
drive or partition anywhere near that small. It should be much larger for
almost everyone--usually at least 10-20GB. On my three machines here, it is
(or was) installed on a partition of 80GB, 60GB, and 100GB.


> I just expanded my system partition from 8 to 18gb (it kept filling
> up) using partition manager 8.0, but now when I try to boot it says
> "A disk read error has occurred". Just wondering if this is because
> it has increased over 8gb and isn't being recognised or if PM8 has
> just screwed it up...


I'm not familiar with "partition manager." Do you mean "Partition Magic"?

Regardless of what program you use, problems like this sometimes occur. I'm
not sure why--whether it's the fault of the software or the user--but it's
by no means uncommon. They usually work, but not always. That's why all of
them always warn you to make a backup before beginning.

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Thats the first 1024 sector/8GB (real CHS) limit. Doesn't apply to XP.
You might try a mbr or boot partition repair using the XP install CD.
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"bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eod3oi$vfm$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does XP have an 8gb limit on the system disk, and if so is there a way to
> get round it?
>
> I just expanded my system partition from 8 to 18gb (it kept filling up)
> using partition manager 8.0, but now when I try to boot it says "A disk
> read
> error has occurred". Just wondering if this is because it has increased
> over 8gb and isn't being recognised or if PM8 has just screwed it up...
>
>