George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote

> Yes Rod I get a what do you call it a check
> sum error copying a file off the partition.

That wont be due to a partition table that needs repair.

> Not every file but at least one file. It gets about 25%
> completely copied to another drive then just hangs for
> a bit then errors with a checksum error.

Thats much more likely to be a hard drive hardware problem.
Post the Everest SMART report for the drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181

> But I can open the file normally while it is on that partition.

> Yes it is NTFS Windows 2000.

> Manually repair. Yes I know believe me when I did it before
> I looked long and hard at it before I made the plunge to DO IT

Unlikely that it was the same problem then.

> gpart I am going to try a suggestion from above first then gpart after..


> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote

>>> Just to let you know there are 2 partitions on the disk. The first
>>> and the secong. The secong has no issue at all. The first must be
>>> messed up. Obviously this is not the disk. So what else could it
>>> be?
>>
>> Do you get any other symptoms of a problem except that chkdsk hang ?
>>
>> If not, you can see a situation where the file structures get into a
>> state that chkdsk cant handle, even tho access to the files is still
>> fine, particularly with an NTFS formatted partition. NTFS is quite
>> complex and even chkdsk can get confused at times.
>>
>>> If you know of a partition table repairer even
>>> if it is not the issue I could at least try it.
>>
>> Not clear if you mean an automatic repairer or one that you
>> can use manually to manipulate the partition table entry.
>>
>> gparted is certainly worth trying, but be careful, it isnt hard
>> to wreck a perfectly good partition table with it, at least image
>> the entire physical drive before molesting the partition table.
>>
>>
>>> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:45c62b72$0$4927$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>>> Ok what do you suggest is the issue?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> George Hester
>>>> _________________________________
>>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:52mmenF1on4mfU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> George Hester <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I located a free partition table fixer on the Net a couple months
>>>>>> ago and used it successfully. I need it again and was wondering
>>>>>> if anyone knew of a free one on the Net because I can't find it.
>>>>>> For some reason it looks like the first partition on one of my
>>>>>> drives got hosed. I tried to run chkdsk on it but when it got
>>>>>> to the last part checking data it just stopped at 0% complete
>>>>>> and went no further.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is unlikely to be due to a partition table problem.