Udo Huebner wrote:
> Peter Ludikovsky schrieb:
>> Udo Huebner wrote:
>>> Peter Ludikovsky schrieb:
>>>> Udo Huebner wrote:
>>>>> Hi all -
>>>>> ...
>>> --------------
>>> Disk /dev/hdc: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
>>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>>
>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>> /dev/hdc2 1320 48641 380113965 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
>>> /dev/hdc3 * 1 1319 10594836 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
>>> /dev/hdc5 1320 48641 380113933+ b Win95 FAT32
>>>
>>> Partition table entries are not in disk order
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Hope it helps. Regards Udo
>>
>> It helps indeed. Aparently Acronis screwed up the order in which the
>> partitions where created. You now have 2 options:
>>
>> 1) Fix with fdisk
>> ... 2) Fix with fdisk/PartitonMagic
>> ...
>
> Thank you very much, Peter, for your detailed hints. I will certainly
> try these but it needs some time because - as said - the system is
> already again running with _lots_ of GBs collected on both partitions
> which have to be backed up. I will report on it soon.

Fixing with fdisk will destroy your partition tables. Been there, done that. You need to squeeze out the misplaced partition, with its contents saved, then stretch and migrate your other partitoins back into order.

Partition Magic is awful about this and doesn't report re-arranging things.