Mathieu,
First off is there any thing you need on the Windows partion?If
there is try running Knoppix from CD-ROM,this will see all partion on your
hard drive and let you copy the files to disc or to a FTP server for
storage.Do the same for the stuff on Mandrake.
Re-install XP,let sort out the complete Hard Drive and repair the
MBR,so you just have XP running.Scandisk and Defrag a couple of times,to try
and sort out the files,cause they will be in a complete mess.I think because
you have a 30 Gig drive you may be able to change it to Fat 32 during the
install,cause any thing over 32 Gig ,XP will turn into a NTFS drive.
Grab a copy of Partion Magic 8,shrink the Windows partion down to
the size you then need,do not use PM8 to help with the Linux install.This
all done by PM8 and works very well(I have used it myself and done it this
way).
Boot from the Mandrake Install disc and install to free space, when
prompted.LILO is installed by default,just save it to the MBR,all will
work(maybe).
Drew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathieu Frenette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:34 AM
Subject: [newbie] Did I lose my NTFS partition?
> Hi everybody!
>
> I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows XP installed on a 30GB hard drive
> (with a single NTFS partition). I wanted to install Mandrake 9.1 with
> dual boot handled by LILO. I therefore installed Mandrake with the
> "resize Windows partition" option. However, it looks like I've lost
> everything that was on this partition. Is it because, during a resize,
> only data on a FAT partition can be preserved, and not with NTFS?
>
> When I do an "ls /mnt/windows", it gives the error "ls: reading
> directory /mnt/windows: Input/output error". Also, when I boot with a
> DOS boot disk, I can not even see any drive letter (such as C:, D:...)
> but only the floppy drive A:
>
> So I guess the other part of my question is, if I want to reinstall
> Windows XP, how can I get back my C: drive letter in the first place?
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointer,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mathieu.
>
>
>
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