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Norton Utilities 5.01 Error Messages (Users)

posted by Doug E-mail, 14.08.2012, 18:51

Will in Seattle -

> Well, I've got the 4 GB HD divided into two partitions of 2 GB each, so the
> cluster size is going to be 32 KB, right?
Yes, unless you have an unusually-formatted drive (which is very unlikely).

> And what did that NU error message tell me?
>
> "NDD will not work with drives having more than 8K bytes per sector
> or 16K bytes per cluster"
>
> Bingo!
>
> I need to reduce my partitions to one gig each, right?
Not necessarily! I'm assuming from previous posts that you're using NU 5. It's possible that the problem is there -- that that version might not be able to read that cluster/partition size. I used NU 8 for a long time on FAT16 drives, and it never had a problem with 2gb (max) partitions.

> I used to have a program called Partition Magic. I wonder if I can find
> it.
>
> But, I probably should go back and reformat and repartition from scratch,
> don't you think?
Re-partitioning is a messy process (i've done it with FDisk and Partition Magic). And IIRC, repartitioning with FDisk will destroy *all* the data on the drive, and with PM will destroy the erased data that you're trying to recover!

My suggestion is to try to get NU 8 up and running on your computer and use that. (IIRC, NU 5 did not even support DOS 5, much less DOS 6!) I think you'll be far happier with the most-advanced NU version that was dedicated to classic DOS. And have far less headaches than trying to re-partition your drive just to use a much-older utility set.

> I haven't yet figured out how to get NU8 installed onto my DOS laptop. So
> it'll be a while before I have that up and running.
I'm sure we'd all be willing to help to try and get that NU 8 download working on your system!

- Doug B.

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