Try also downloading RANISH PARTITION MANAGER which should help with
repartitioning , read the manual carefully.
----- 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
> >
