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after fdisk /mbr.. need to use the hard
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Name: kamal_94132
Date: February 5, 2002 at 11:40:42 Pacific
Subject: after fdisk /mbr.. need to use the hard
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Comment: i had linux mandrake installed with boot partition in windows me on same disk as windows me. now i deleted the loader of linux with fdisk / mbr option. now how do i get to use the partition space without deleting the entire hard disk and
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Response Number 1
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Name: mike
Date: February 5, 2002 at 12:33:45 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)you can try reformatting the drive that linus was on . ie, if linux was on D:, then format D: after booting to dos. You could also go into fdisk and make the partition a dos drive. It would still have to be formatted, though.
Mike
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Response Number 2
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Name: Michael
Date: February 5, 2002 at 21:22:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Was Linux and Windows ME both installed on the same partition? If so try going to www.bootdisk.com, download and create a windows ME bootdisk, boot with the diskette, then issue this command:
sys c: a: This should restore the boot files for ME (I assume this is what you want to do) since LILO was removed... Good luck!
-Michael
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Response Number 3
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Name: kamal_94132
Date: February 6, 2002 at 00:39:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)thanks for the reply. but my problem is different. i had win me and linux on same hard disk with 7 GB to win me and 3 GB to linux. when i had run fdisk / mbr it boots directly to windows me. now the thing is that when i click on c: it gives info that it has just 7 GB space. since there is no info for 3 GB which was under linux ( created by mandrake linux 8.0 during installation ) what can be done to reclaim the seemingly lost 3 GB ?
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Response Number 4
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Name: Michael
Date: February 6, 2002 at 08:11:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Oh... ok... Gotcha... So do you want to just scrap the linux partition and use it for something else? If so get ranish partition manager from www.ranish.com and use it to delete the linux partition and create a new one. It's a great program to have in your toolbox. -Michael
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Response Number 6
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Name: kamal_94132
Date: February 10, 2002 at 06:20:48 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)hi i got a problem again. i used the ranish partition tool. then deleted the linux partition, created the windows fat 32 partition, formatted it but still i dont have that space when i run ranish tool it says there has got to be space. what do i do now ?
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