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When this error occurs on a Windows XP system, you can often fix the problem
by disabling the Windows System Restore feature. To do this, right-click My
Computer, select Properties, click the System Restore tab, and place a mark in
the checkbox next to Turn off System Restore on all drives.
If the error occurs on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system, or if turning off
System Restore in XP does not solve the problem, perform the following:
1 In Windows, bring up a command prompt window.
2 Change to the root directory of the affected drive.
3 Type the following at the command COMPACT /U /S /A /I /F *.*.
IMPORTANT! This command uncompresses all the files in the partition you run
it on. Consequently, you should have ample free space in the
partition to accommodate the larger file sizes. Also, depending on
how many files are compressed, this process can be quite time
consuming. If you need to abort the process at any point, press
<Ctrl+C> inside the command prompt window.
4 After the uncompression process is complete, perform a search for the file
EGA.CPI.
5 When you find the file, right-click on it, select Properties, click Advanced,
and verify that the file is uncompressed.
You should now be able to perform the file system conversion without getting
Error 1681.
If you still receive the error, try locating and uncompressing the particular file
that is referenced in the Error 1681 message by its FRS number (the first number
that is not enclosed in parentheses). To do this:
1 Download the file BTIni.zip from
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities, then unzip
the file.
2 Copy the BTINI.EXE file from the directory where you unzipped the
BTIni.zip file to a floppy diskette.
3 Boot to the PartitionMagic rescue disk 1. When prompted for disk 2, insert the
floppy diskette containing BTINI.EXE, and press <Enter>.
4 Press <Ctrl+C> to halt the rescue disk batch process.
5 At the A:\ prompt, type BTINI /SHOW.
This command displays the partition ID for the NTFS partition.