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+----------------------------------------+ | | | Partition saving | | | | http://www.partition-saving.com | | Copyright (c) 1999-2005 D. Guibouret | +----------------------------------------+ Errors list This file gives the list of errors that could be generated by Partition Saving. Errors could be divided into two types: - non fatal errors. - fatal errors. Firsts are errors generated by program but that did not stop its execution. Seconds are errors that are due to an encouterred problem that prevent program to follow its execution (else it could does some loss of datas). 1- Non fatal errors ------------------- - This file does not exist When restoring, you give the name on a non-existing file. - This file could not be created: <message>. This file already exist and could not be overwritten (read-only). File <filenam> given in option could not be created/opened. When saving, you try to save into a read-only file. If it is not the case and you create file on an USB drive, it could be because it does not support writing file check, so you have to disable it with using -nvf option. If you try to create file on a mounted NTFS partition, you can not do that, you have first to create files from Windows before using them from DOS. - Given file is incorrect: <message> When restoring, you select a file that seems to be erroneous. Perhaps it is not a file created with savepart. Messages could be following: * Accessing file error File could not be opened. * Header not found Header could not be found. It is not a file created with savepart or it is erroneous. * Bad header version Header version is not known. This file could have been created with a more recent version of savepart. * Bad file size Size of file does not correspond to size saved into header. * Bad header CRC A CRC is used to check header. Calculated CRC is not equal to saved one. * Bad compression format Compression algorithm is not known. * Bad file number Given file is not the one waited when restoring must be done with several files. Perhaps you have inverted two files. * Bad disk format When restoring from several files, disk format of given file does not correspond to disk format of previous file. * Bad partition format When restoring from several files, partition format of given file does not correspond to partition format of previous file. * Bad file system type File system type into file header is not recognised, or when restoring from several files, file system type of new file is not the same than for the previous file. * Unknown file system option An specific file system option (as saving an partition on itself) is not recognised by this version of program. Perhaps do you use a different version than the one used to perform saving. * Bad file system option A specific file system option of new file is not the same than for the previous file. * Bad support type Support type into file header is not recognised, or when restoring from several files, support type of new file is not the same than for the previous file. - There was not enough free space on chosen disk There was not enough free space on chosen disk or free disk space could not be know. Choose another drive where to create file. - All groups/FATs were not written correctly This error appears if you restore occupied sectors of a partition. An error has occurred when restoring. This error is not fatal, because it does not stop program, but you will have to use a program like scandisk to check partition content. Try possibly to do restoring on another partition. - All data seem not to have been written on element (<n> bytes remaining) This error appears if you restore occupied sectors of a partition. An error has occurred when restoring. This error is not fatal, because it does not stop program, but you will have to use a program like scandisk to check partition content. Try possibly to do restoring/copying on another partition or check that file is valid. - All sectors were not written or more sectors were written than expected. When restoring/copying, it seems that all sectors were not written or too much sectors were written. This error is not fatal as it does not stop program execution, but you have to run some utilities like scandisk to perform a check of the partition. Try possibly to do restoring/copying on another partition or check that file is valid. - Number of sectors restored/copied/saved differs from number of sectors declared for element (<n1> against <n2>) This error is not fatal, because it does not stop program, but you will have to use a program like scandisk to check partition content. Try possibly to do restoring on another partition or check that file is valid. - Boot sector copy has not been found. When saving NTFS partition, boot sector copy could not be found, so it would not be restored. As long as your hard disk has no bad sector this has no consequence. - Boot sector copy could not be written. When restoring NTFS partition, boot sector copy could not be written. Some versions of NTFS put this copy of boot sector on the middle of the partition and so, if when restoring partition, this sector is already occupied, copy of boot sector could not be written. Restoring this partition on a partition with a different size (notably on a partition with the same size as saved one) could solve this problem. This has no consequence as long as your hard disk does not has bad sectors. - Boot sector copy containing invalid data is not modified. FSInfo sector containing invalid data is not modified. Copy of FSInfo sector containing invalid data is not modified. Given sector contains some wrong data. It theorically needs to be updated, but in this case it is not done as this perhaps is not expected sector. Using scandisk will certainly correct this. This could appear only when restoring FAT32 partition on a partition with a different format. - A compressed file could not be used to simulate an element. Using driver to simulate an element needs the saved file not to be compressed. Use copy file option to inflate file and then use this copy with the driver. - The filesystem type contained into file could not be used to simulate an element. Driver could only be used with FAT element or with element where all sectors were saved. In this last case, element type is not checked, but if it is not a FAT element, DOS would not be able to access it. - Driver is set with a sector size different from element saved into this file. Driver could only simulate element that has sector size equal to the one given when it was initialised. Change driver loading line such as sector size is equal to the one of the element into the saved file. - Registry file "<filename>" has not been found or is not correct: <message>. Partition or directory you gave seems not to have a Windows 2000 or XP installation. Check that you do not have made an error. It could also due to a bad support of NTFS filesystem. - Registry key \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices has not been found or does not have any value Program can not find the registry key that defines list of drive letter and their definition or it does not have any value. - No registry value has been found that match searched name and type. Program can not find any value into registry that matches a partition definition. - Registry value for given drive letter has not been found or is not correct. Drive letter you gave does not exist into registry or does not correspond to a partition definition. This could be also du to the fact that registry is not a Windows 2000 or XP registry. - File listing bad clusters could not be updated: <message>. This message could be displayed when restoring a NTFS partition on a partition with a different definition than the source one. Following error message gives you more details, but in most case it is not very bad error and you can run chkdsk on this partition with option to force filesystem check to correct it. - Update of filesystem of <drive> has generated an error: <message>. Update of filesystem information on a partition you mount has generated an error and filesystem is certainly into some inconsistency state. It is better to run some check program as scandisk on it to correct this. If you created some file on this drive, it is better to check them because they could be wrong. - This partition is already mounted as <drive>:. Mount value <drive> is already used for another partition. Partition that should be mounted as <drive>: is already mounted as <drive>:. Filesystem to mount <drive>: is not recognised. Partition to mount <drive>: does not exist. Disk to mount <drive>: does not exist. Chosen partition is the one being saved without option to save it on itself being chosen. Chosen partition is the one being restored. These error messages are displayed when trying to mount a partition. They say why a partition could not be mounted. 2- Fatal errors --------------- - Error when initialising deflating/inflating algorithm There was something wrong when initialising deflating/inflating algorithm. You can try again without deflating data (in case of save). - Error when deflating/inflating data There was something wrong when running deflating/inflating algorithm. If it is when deflating (when saving), you could try again without deflating data. If it is when inflating (when restoring), perhaps is the file erroneous. - Error opening file: <message>. Seeking file error: <message>. Reading file error: <message>. Writing file error: <message>. Closing file error: <message>. Closing <filename> returned an error: <message>. An error appears when creating, opening, seeking, reading or writing a saving file. A message could explain the reason. There could be several reasons (as disk full, bad sector, read-only file, ...). - Calculated CRC is not equal to saved CRC When restoring, saved CRC into file is not equal to calculated CRC. Perhaps is the file erroneous. - Bad flag marking last file Into header is an element to mark last file. Current state of restoration does not correspond to read header. Perhaps is the file erroneous. - Size of read data is not equal to saved size Into header an element save data size into file. Current restoration state does not correspond to read header. Perhaps is the file erroneous. - Error when allocating memory with DPMI interface DPMI server could not allocate memory. You need to free some DOS memory (below the first 640 Kb (conventionnal memory when you use MEM.EXE)) with removing drivers and program that you do not need into yours CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (add a "REM " at beginning of line in place of removing it such as you could easily undo modifications). Another solution is to add "DEVICE=<directory>EMM386.EXE RAM" line at beginning of your CONFIG.SYS (<directory> is path to EMM386.EXE file). Program needs at least 300 Kb of free DOS memory. - Error when calling interruption with DPMI interface Error when calling procedure with DPMI interface DPMI server could not call an interruption or a procedure. Try to load into memory a DPMI server that will replace the one used (CWSDPMI integrated into program). - Not enough memory Memory could not be allocated. If you are saving with deflating data, try to not use compression to save memory space. If you have more than 32 Mb of memory and EMM386 is activated, you could win space by disabling it (look at remark part into chapter about saving only occupied sectors for NTFS partition into manual (chapter 17.i)). - No element agrees with source No element has been found which could correspond to format of saved element. For two elements to correspond, they have to respect some constraints described into manual at chapter 17. - No element agrees with given options It was not possible to find an element that correspond to given options. Check your option file or try without option file to see what are choice that is proposed to you. - There was not enough option to choose an element Options that you gave are not enough to choose an element. You have either to be more precise into options given or to not give some to see choice that is proposed to you. - This program could not be executed under Windows This program could not be executed on multitasking environment. You must boot your computer with DOS (not a DOS window under Windows). For this purpose, please read FAQ (Q 10). - Value "<s1>" is not allowed for option <s2> (<s3>) Value "<s1>" is not allowed for option <s2> (<d1>..<d2>) Value you give for option <s2> is not correct. It must be one of the value given into <s3> or a number into <d1>..<d2> range. - Language option is not given (-l en|fr|fr_2) You give language option (-l) without following it by chosen language. - Options file name is not given (-f <options file name>) You give options file name option (-f) without a file name after. - File name given into option file is not valid (line <n>) Parameter given into options file for file name is not valid. Perhaps was the file name not given or it contains a space character. - Disk number must be given if you want to give partition number Options file must contain a "disk=" option if you want to give "main_part=" option. - Main partition number must be given if you want to give extended partition number Options file must contain a "main_part=" option if you want to give "ext_part=" option. - Option "<s>" is unknown Given option is not recognised. - Option "<s>" is unknown (at line <n> of options file) Given option <s> into options file at line <n> is not recognised. - Option "<s>" must be defined only once Given option is given more than once, when it could be given only once. - Options file <s> could not be opened Options file could not be opened. Is its name valid? - An error occurred when reading options file at line <n> Line <n> of options file could not be analysed. - Support options (disk, floppy and device) could not be used together Option file could define only one support. - Format of <s> option ("<s>") is wrong, it should be: <drive number>:<disk number>/<main part. number>,<extended part. number> with ",<extended part. number>" that must not be given for a main partition. Option "mount=" that you gave into option file does not follow expected syntax. Expected format is the one described into error message. - A sector containing parameters for file system could not be read A sector containing parameters for file system could not be written This error appears only when saving/restoring occupied sectors of a partition. One of the sectors defining file system could not be read/written. As these sectors are needed for a good access to file system, saving/restoring is stopped to avoid errors. If this problem occurs when saving, you could choose to save all sectors. If this problem occurs when restoring, you could choose to restore it on another partition. In all cases, use a program like scandisk to possibly correct this problem. - FAT sectors reading returns an error: <message> This error appears only when saving/restoring occupied sectors of a FAT partition. Problem detail is given into following message. If problem is that FATs differ, you could use scandisk to correct it, then try again the saving (with saving occupied only sectors again). In case it is another message, problem is more important and if running scandisk does not solve it you will have to save the whole partition. - There were not enough sectors on partition to write all data This error appears only when restoring occupied sectors of a partition. Despite the check of the minimum size to restore a partition, this partition is too small. This partition has not been modified if you restore a FAT partition, and only the first 1024 bytes of the partition have been modified if you restore an ext2 partition (they do not contain any data (having some boot code ?), so partition could be considered as not modified). Try to restore it on a bigger partition. - An error occurred when updating bitmap: <message>. An error occurred when updating filesystem: <message>. In the case of NTFS partitions, filesystem could not be correctly built. Depending on the following error message, try to do restore/copy on a partition with a different size (smaller or bigger). Running chkdsk on this partition with option to force filesystem check could also solve problem. Doing restoring/copying on a partition with the same definition as the source one could not generate this problem. - An error occurred when reading bitmap: <message>. In NTFS partition, bitmap describes which sectors are occupied or not. Depending on following error message, running chkdsk with option to force filesystem check could solve the problem, else you will have to save the whole partition. - Trying to read a sector outside of the partition: accessing sectors <n1>-<n2> when partition is on sectors <n3>-<n4>. Trying to write a sector outside of the partition: accessing sectors <n1>-<n2> when partition is on sectors <n3>-<n4>. This error comes from an error of program or of systemfile. For not damaging datas outside of the partition, sector is not accessed and program stops. If you save only occupied sectors of the partition (saving or source partition when saving), try to check it (using scandisk by example). If some errors are found, correct them and try to save again. In another cases please contact me. - Driver could not be set as driver has not been found. Options "-m" and "-u" could be used only if driver has been loaded. - You could not create files on NTFS drive as you are not running Windows NT/2000/XP. Option "-n" to create file on a NTFS drive could only be used from an operating system that is able to manage this type of filesystem. - Error when copying data into XMS memory. Error when copying data into EMS memory. An error occurred when using XMS or EMS memory. Try to use another XMS/EMS driver. - You do not have enough EMS or XMS memory: <n> Kb free memory are needed. For using driver, you need more EMS or XMS memory. Please read chapter 13 of manual to get more details on this error. - Number of sectors to simulate an element differs from number of sectors written into element (<n1> against <n2>). Between what was declared into element and what was found, number of sectors is not the same. In this case driver is not initialised. Possibly, you could check if the file is correct. - More than 255 files could not be used when initialising driver. Driver is not able to simulate elements that are splitted in more than 255 files. Use copying option to try to group several files together. - Filename could not be more than <n> characters long when using driver. Driver is not able to use file whose name (path + name) is more than <n> character long. Move these files into another directory to reduce name length. - Environment variable "<name>" is unknown. Option file uses an environment variable that has not been found. You have to either define this environment variable or modify option file. - Program could not treat this type of element for this operation. When updating registry or BOOTSECT.DOS file, these operations could be performed only on some element type (Windows installation could only be searched on a partition or DOS device, entry to modify into registry could only correspond to a partition, BOOTSECT.DOS file could only be on a partition, a floppy disk or a DOS device). - Error reading disk number into MBR. This could be generated in case of faulty or wrong MBR. - Registry modification was not done correctly: <message>. Error reading BOOTSECT.DOS file: <message>. Error writing BOOTSECT.DOS file: <message>. This could be due to a bad support of NTFS filesystem, or a bad sector when reading or writing on disk. - BOOTSECT.DOS file not found on this element or has a wrong size. BOOTSECT.DOS file has an incorrect signature. Support you choose seems not to have a BOOTSECT.DOS file on root directory, or it has a wrong size or content. - An error was raised when creating driver: <message>. When restoring a partition for which only occupied sectors were saved, program is not able to access to content of this partition with using its filesystem. This could be because of a bad saving file, so you have to check it. - Driver for the element to restore is used elsewhere, doing restoration on this element will lead to data lost. Element you want to restore has some opened file. When restoring, you mount a partition to be able to access to a saving file, then you use this partition as the restoration destination. This could not work, so you have first to copy file elsewhere then perform restoration. - Element you want to save has some opened file. You try to save a partition when you use some files on it. Either filesystem on this partition allows being saved on itself, in which case you have to use this option, or it does not allow this and so you could not do that. ------ All trademarks and registered trademarks are ownership of their respective holders.