Installing XP SP2 destroys my FAT32 Data Partition (Unknown Partit

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Hi Group,
I'm going to deploy XP SP2 to 6000 machines, and during some tests I've
experienced that after a silent install of SP2 and a manual reboot the FAT32
patition suddently becomes "Unknown Patition". The only option when
right-clicking the patition in Computer Management is Delete Partition.
Have any of you seen this??

Best regards
 
The only thing that I've found is that it may be compressed?
Not likely.
It was orginally created by 3rd party software.
Got me?
You need to scan disk to register it in the system?
I've done that for a disk from another system but a partition on the same
disk shouldn't matter.

Another thoht, was the disk ever used for dual boot?
Some space inbetween the partitons containing the bootloader junk is now mis
aligning the partitions?

Whatever it is, it's happening a lot.

You can guess my solution. :) lol

GL, :)

SJ
 
Hi SlowJet.

No, it is not compressed and a rescan does not work. It still says Unknown
Partition :(
The disc haven't been used for dual boot however it was created and
patitioned using 3rd party software.
My big problem is that all our computers have this 10 gb fat data partition,
and all users save tempoary data there (or at least they are instructed to)
:o)
I can't deploy XP SP2 if 50% of these data partitions are destroyed.

In your reply you wrote "Whatever it is, it's happening a lot.", does that
meen that you have heard of this before?

Best regards and thanks
Bubbles...
 
Leave said:
I'm going to deploy XP SP2 to 6000 machines, and during some tests I've
experienced that after a silent install of SP2 and a manual reboot the FAT32
patition suddently becomes "Unknown Patition". The only option when
right-clicking the patition in Computer Management is Delete Partition.
Have any of you seen this??
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I have not seen it, but a probable cause is that something (and I doubt
if it is SP2 itself) has set the 'hidden' bit in the partition table.
The tool I would then use (but you would have to check on licensing if
you want to use in this way on large scale and not install it at all in
is role as boot manager) is BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35
shareware - 30 day full functional trial). But try it out on a test
machine

With that - extract components from downloaded zip and run
bootitng.exe to make either a bootable floppy, or a bootsector image to
use in a bootable CD. Boot, cancel Install, entering Maintenance, click
Partition Work

You can then select actual HD on the left, highlight partition in the
middle, click Properties, and if there is a UnHide button, click it.
Close out
 
Hi Bubbles, :)

Here is a long shot but makes since.

As a test, look at the partition type code for the FAT32 Partition.

If it is 0Bh value change to 0Ch value.

0Bh(ex) is Fat32
0Ch(ex) is same as 0Bh but uses LBA, 13h extentions.

This could be a drive dynaics problem (LBA CYL, Heads, ...) ??

SJ
 
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