When you got to the C prompt did you type in CD\WINDOWS and press ENTER
which should have put you into WINDOWS directory, from the WINDOWS directory
prompt type WIN and press ENTER again should start Windows
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Junge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic Error, please read
> 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
> >
