Yes, PM can write the partition table w/out affecting the partition data. I hedged on the "fix" of the partition map - my thinking was that when PM wrote out the partition table, it might overwrite the info that's causing XP trouble. I can't say with certain recollection, but I believe I've done exactly this in the past.
PM and other utilities can do all sorts of things to the partition table, so your goal would be to change some unimportant aspect (label, type), write out the table, change back and write the table yet again. Not knowing how old is "old", i'd suggest using sysreccd instead or your old PM. Earlier PMs were not XP compatible w/out patches. -- MrC _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
