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On Friday 12 March 2004 21:05, Ron Stodden wrote:
> Chuck Mattsen wrote:
> > So, fired up XP and Partition Magic, and immediately received an
> > "Error 116," which complained about LBA and CHS values being
> > inconsistent, and did I want Partition Magic to fix this error? 
> > I selected "No" and the program exited.
>
> Wrong!  Definitely Yes.   The reason is that Linux does not support
> the antiquated CHS sector numbering in the partition table, so just
> totally ignores those fields, but Windows and so Partition Magic
> expects it to be there.
>
I only once said yes.  Win2K disappeared.  What's more I could not 
re-install it, though I tried several times.  I'd never do it again.

Anne
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