On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:12:07AM +0300, robin wrote: > julie wrote: > > >I dual boot Win 98SE and ran a defrag on the Windows partition. In doing > >so, I screwed up my Mandrake 9.0 super block, at least that was what the > >error reported. All attempts at repairing the super block (by using other > >locations) failed. Maybe it really was the partition tables. > > > >My question is, did the defragmentation of Windows cause this? If so, is > >there a way to defrag Windows and not mess up Mandrake? > > > I don't think it's possible for defragging a Windows partition to affect > your Linux partition in any way. The only time I've managed to screw > up Linux from Windows was with Norton.
I think it's possible for defragging Windoze to muck up Linux--I had the same thing Julie reported happen to me on a dual boot machine. Defragged Windoze, I could never boot into linux again, and I couldn't fix it from rescue mode, not using Partition Magic. I've now got a dual boot with XP, and I've decided I'll never defrag the XP. Todd
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