Re: partitioning and use thereof

On 10/10/2021 4:36 AM, Robert Baer wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> On 10/8/2021 2:35 AM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>
>>>    Grumble grumble trouble in River City.
>>>    Followed
>>> https://www.howtogeek.com/74335/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-windows-8/
>>>    up to "Once you click the shrink button Windows will shrink your drive. Once it has completed shrinking your partition, the Disk Manager will display this new space with a black header meaning it is an empty partition, you now need to give it a file system. To format the drive with a file system right click on the black space and select “New Simple Volume”.
>>>
>>>    So set the size then drive letter.
>>>    The format partition step of the wizard is where it goes bonkers.
>>>    After supposedly formatting, i get the wonderful killing message box:
>>> "The format did not complete successfully     OK".
>>>    Most definitely *NOT* ok.
>>>
>>>    DOA, cannot put anything in second partition.
>>>
>>>    So what program can i use to fix that?
>>>
>>>      Thanks,  R. Baer
>>
>> You can see in my example here, I tried to format a
>> partition to FAT32 when the partition was too big
>> for Microsofts rules to let it happen. Even though
>> FAT32 formats just fine up to 2.2TB in size using a
>> third-party tool.
>>
>>     https://i.postimg.cc/N0znXp3n/formatting-fail.gif
>>
>> In Disk Management, you can make a new partition RAW,
>> then resort to command line "format" command, as in the picture.
>>
>>     Paul
>    Both exFAT and NTFS acted the same way; i get a new partition RAW by default.
>    Did not try CMD, so
> ..seems to want to work with format N: but slow as all heck.
>    So tried format N: /q and got the following messages:
> Creating file system structures.
> The first NTFS boot sector is unreadabe.
> All NTFS boot sectors are unwriteable. Cannot continue.
> Format failed.
> 
>    So, maybe the SLOW way or NO WAY.
> 
>     Thanks.

Did you "Run as Administrator" for Command Prompt ?

You can't format with a limited account.
You have to be elevated.

https://i.postimg.cc/bN15jj7G/W7-elevate.gif

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If that is not the case, and you were elevated

    whoami /user /priv

perhaps the problem is the disk drive is not working
correctly. Or, the partition you created is not the
correct size and is too small to be formatted with
the file system selected.

And stick with /q please. Doing read-verify for nothing,
is just self-deception. Either the damn thing is
writeable... or it is not. Don't delay finding out.
Use the /q, Luke.

    Paul