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after fdisk system wont boot after recovery disk re install

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this is driving me nuts: just bought a ibm aptiva very satisfied but one thing i have never seen before: if i run fdisk and create any kind of partition the system wont boot up after the final re start after all the files have been set up from the recovery disk ( cd full restore disk ) if i delete the partitions and just leave the c drive as a full 8gb drive then format and re start then run the recovery all is fine.. why cant i partition withought this problem #@@$%^&((*&$ its driving me up the wall any help is of course greatly welcome thanks to all in advance

Name: wcr3d
Date: October 2, 2000 at 18:12:23 Pacific

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The "Recovery Disk" is a propreitary disk made to run one specific way and one way only. When you deviate from this it no longer works. HTH, wcr3d

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example the recovery disk is made to set things up as if you just bought it- any partitions - call ibm

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