ntfs and fat32

[Bill Cunningham]

I am try to convert ntfs to fat32 which I've always had success with
with partition magic. Now the computer drops out of PM with an error 1517. I
looked at the events and Userenv has that code. What should I do ?

Bill

 

[Big_Al]

I am try to convert ntfs to fat32 which I've always had success with
with partition magic. Now the computer drops out of PM with an error 1517. I
looked at the events and Userenv has that code. What should I do ?

Bill

Not sure if this is going to help, but read Symantec's response to this.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...88256e75007cbc41?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

I'll say the obvious, you know NTFS is better than fat32.

Google also returned a reference to not running it as a guest. I guess
it was trying to imply use an admin account.

 

[Bill Cunningham]

Not sure if this is going to help, but read Symantec's response to this.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...88256e75007cbc41?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

I'll say the obvious, you know NTFS is better than fat32.

Yeah but linux doesn't read or write to ntfs. I convert to ntfs to
defrag then convert to fat32. A file attribute is missing. Yes that's the
error I get but chkdsk doesn't help.

Bill

 

[David Webb]

See if this helps:

"Error 1517: Required file attribute missing (EA3905ED)"
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...88256e75007cbc41?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

If chkdsk /f does not fix the problem after running it once, try running it 3 to
4 times total.

 

[John McGaw]

Yeah but linux doesn't read or write to ntfs. I convert to ntfs to
defrag then convert to fat32. A file attribute is missing. Yes that's the
error I get but chkdsk doesn't help.

Bill

Which version of Linux? I thought that they had taken care of that problem
at least three years ago. Various releases claim NTFS capability.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Yeah but linux doesn't read or write to ntfs.

This hasn't been true for about three years. You may need to update your
Linux release.

I convert to ntfs to defrag then convert to fat32. A file attribute is
missing. Yes that's the error I get but chkdsk doesn't help.

Bill

I have a very hard time believing that "linux doesn't read or write to NTFS"
when there are so many Linux-based NT/XP password reset utilities.

These simply could *not* work without the ability to read from AND write to
NTFS.

Also, if you boot an XP/NTFS system from a Ubuntu boot disk, you can use
Ubuntu's file managers to access the NTFS disk.

You may have a problem with some versions of the *Mac* OS and writing to
NTFS; it's been a while since I tried this.

HTH
-pk

 

[HeyBub]

Yeah but linux doesn't read or write to ntfs. I convert to ntfs to
defrag then convert to fat32. A file attribute is missing. Yes that's
the error I get but chkdsk doesn't help.

Good Lord!

You convert to NTFS to run a defrag program, then convert back to FAT32 so
you can run Linux?

Please tell me you have some complicated, but believable, reason for this
seeming silliness ("I enjoy it" is an example).

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am try to convert ntfs to fat32 which I've always had success with
with partition magic. Now the computer drops out of PM with an error 1517. I
looked at the events and Userenv has that code. What should I do ?

Bill

Contact the makers of Partition Magic for assistance with their
product. This isn't a Windows issue.


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[Bill Cunningham]

Which version of Linux? I thought that they had taken care of that problem
at least three years ago. Various releases claim NTFS capability.

It's an old RH9 version. I do have fedora though. I didn't know they
fixed it.

Bill