| Author | Message | ||
     Jimmy Weg Username: jw Registered: 7-2006 |
For some reason that I can't figure out, I can't initialize free space when running WinHex 13.9 in BartPE. WinHex is installed on E:\. The location of my temp file is E:\Temp. I opened Volume D:\ in WinHex and found that the option to initialize free space is grayed out. I can initialize slack space and MFT records. Perhaps I've overlooked a setting. Thanks. | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann Username: admin Registered: 1-2001 |
Are you sure you have opened the logical drive D: (the drive letter) in WinHex and not the partition via the physical disk? That would be a requirement. | ||
| Jimmy Weg Username: jw Registered: 7-2006 |
Thank you, Stefan. I had opened the physical disk and then accessed the partition. Maybe the answer's obvious, but why can I not initialize free space in that situation? I believe that I could highlight the free space and then fill the block with 0x00s. | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann Username: admin Registered: 1-2001 |
> why can I not initialize free space in that situation Because WinHex has Windows fill free space with a dummy file, and for that WinHex needs to tell Windows a drive letter. > I believe that I could highlight the free space and then > fill the block with 0x00s. If you are thinking of Sectors mode: WinHex does not support a discontiguous definition of a block, and free space usually is not a contiguous range of sectors. If you are thinking of File mode: WinHex does not support changing data in File mode. |