On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 15:19, Anne Wilson 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.
Well, with the addition of your response here, it's 2 no's, 1 yes and kind of 1 "maybe/sort of" :-) My gut tells me "no," as well, so I'm going to wait at least until I do a clean install of MDK 10 final. I've really nothing to lose over on the WinXP side, since I've not used it at all since getting this laptop, except to install a few pieces of software on it I thought I might need. Heck, I've not even set up mail on that side. :-) Thanks, Anne ... I'll not chance it in this instance. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Registered Linux User #346519
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