Help with partitions!

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nomad

Hi,

I created 3 equal size partitions using partition magic 8. When I try
and copy something from one partition to another, it only copies a
small portion of the file. If I try and recopy the original file over
to the partition again it says that it can't because it is being used
by another person or program. There are no quotas on the partitions
so I am at a complete loss.

ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
 
P

PD43

nomad said:
I created 3 equal size partitions using partition magic 8. When I try
and copy something from one partition to another, it only copies a
small portion of the file. If I try and recopy the original file over
to the partition again it says that it can't because it is being used
by another person or program. There are no quotas on the partitions
so I am at a complete loss.
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Without more information, anyone here who wants to help you will also
be at a complete loss.

System disk or another one?

How large are the partitions?

Did you format the new partitions?

FAT32 or NTFS?

Every file you try to copy, or only one?
 
N

nomad

Without more information, anyone here who wants to help you will also
be at a complete loss.

System disk or another one?

How large are the partitions?

Did you format the new partitions?

FAT32 or NTFS?

Every file you try to copy, or only one?
Click to expand...

Hi,

THanks for the reply. It is a 120GB main HDD which I have split up
into 4, 30GB partitions. I didn't format the new partitions, but have
all been converted to NTFS whilst they were created. It is happening
with every file that I try and copy. Is there a setting on a drive
which can stop large files being copied?

Appreciate your help.
 
P

PD43

nomad said:
Hi,

THanks for the reply. It is a 120GB main HDD which I have split up
into 4, 30GB partitions. I didn't format the new partitions, but have
all been converted to NTFS whilst they were created. It is happening
with every file that I try and copy. Is there a setting on a drive
which can stop large files being copied?
Click to expand...

Format the partitions that need it.
 

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