Re: Resizing FAT partition with NTLDR boot sector

[Leslie Patrick Polzer]

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Hello Alan,

Alan Jenkins wrote:

> I can send more information to help solve the problem, but I have a
> quick fix which works in my circumstances.  The following output from
> cmp indicates the bytes changed which broke the boot, and which can be
> restored to fix it:

> 25  77 377
This, 0x19, is one half of a word starting at 0x18 which denotes the
number of sectors per track. Please post byte 24 as well.

> 26   0 377
Word 0x1a, number of heads. Please post byte 27 as well so we can see
what Parted was doing.

> 28   0 377
The higher half of a doubleword denoting the number of hidden sectors.

> I'm having difficaulty matching my boot sector against the expected
> layout - can you tell me the meaning of these bytes?
There you went.
Which versions of Microsoft operating systems are you using?

Leslie
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