I DONT HAVE the partition magic floppy, it is on one of the cd's that came
with mandrake 7
-----Original Message-----
From: BrianGreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read
>Do you have the PQmagic floppy?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Sam Junge
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 11:03 AM
>Subject: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read
>
>
>Here is my problem, please take the time to read it :
>
> I recently installed partition and boot magic on my windows 98 computer
>in preparation to install mandrake Linux 7.0. I installed Linux, but felt I
>did not do a good enough job so i decided to delete the partition. When I
>got to Windows, I used the delete Linux partition option that
PartitionMagic
>gave me. When the computer rebooted, I went through the steps of the dos
>delete linux partition program, and it seemed as though it had worked. When
>the computer re-booted, Lilo gave me the same three options as usual :
>windows, linux, and floppy. Whether or not linux should still be listed as
>an option or whether I should have entered lilo at all is a different
>question, because when i typed linux just in case, it doesn't work anyways.
>( the floppy option is also not the problem ) My real problem is that when
i
>type in "windows" the computer goes to the partitionMagic dos program that
>says "the Linux partition could not be deleted. That operating system
>partition to be deleted was not found." This program gives me only the
>option to click ok, and when i do so, the computer reboots and when i type
>windows again under lilo, the same problem occurs. I have heard several
>responses, none of which I have gotten to work.
> I made a boot disk on my other windows computer ( typing sys a: at dos
>prompt at other computer ). I then put the disk into the computer and it
>booted up into a dos prompt. People told me to type fdisk /mbr, which i did
>at both the a and the c prompt, but neither recognized it. I also typed win
>/ win98 / windows, but that didn't work either.
> I can't get back into my computer ( windows ), so please try to solve
my
>problem.
> THANKS A MILLION, me
>
