Partition Magic problem on new Compaq Presario R3140US

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"magicianstalk" <magicianstalk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey all,
>
> I just bought a new Compaq Presario R3140US. I installed
Partion
> Magic 8.0 on it so that i could partition off a 20 gig section
of the
> 60 gig hard drive. However, when i tell the program to do it's
thing,
> it resets the compuater to take care of what it has to do, but
during
> the process i get a error #983 "too many errors". It seems no
matter
> ehat I try, i cannot partition a section of this HD. I have
heard
> that this is a common problem with trying to use Partiton Magic
on
> HP/Compaq laptops - but i haven't seen any solutions yet.
>
> I heard one person say there is a small partition on all new
compaqs
> that hosue some OS files, and that it would prevent other
partitions
> from being able to be created.....is that the case? If so, what
> shoudl I do?

You may not want to spend more money, but there are other
partitioning programs besides PM that would work just as well or
better.

Ron

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

There are computers that won't let you modify the hard drive.
If you could not do it with PM then probably none other will do.



"magicianstalk" <magicianstalk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news 198a8d.0406112004.4c572961@posting.google.com...
> Hey all,
>
> I just bought a new Compaq Presario R3140US. I installed Partion
> Magic 8.0 on it so that i could partition off a 20 gig section of the
> 60 gig hard drive. However, when i tell the program to do it's thing,
> it resets the compuater to take care of what it has to do, but during
> the process i get a error #983 "too many errors". It seems no matter
> ehat I try, i cannot partition a section of this HD. I have heard
> that this is a common problem with trying to use Partiton Magic on
> HP/Compaq laptops - but i haven't seen any solutions yet.
>
> I heard one person say there is a small partition on all new compaqs
> that hosue some OS files, and that it would prevent other partitions
> from being able to be created.....is that the case? If so, what
> shoudl I do?
>
>
> Thanks a TON in advance for all of you help. You can email me at
> Magicianstalk@hotmail.com...
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Matt