Sam,
Can you get a copy of DOS on a floppy?
If so then boot the floppy and at the A:/ prompt, type in 'fdisk' . When you
get into this program you are presented with a number of options... 1,2,3,4,
choose option 4 and look at what partitions you have on your hard drive
(Win98 is considered a non-Dos partition).You can usually figure out which
partition is Win 98 by the size or it should just be on the C: drive. see if
it's active, if not go back to the first screen listing options.
>From here you can set the active partitions and also delete any partitions
you don't want.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Junge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 1998 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error
> I never backed up my hd, so i have like 350 mp3's and a bunch of other
> irreplaceable stuf. .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eunice Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 5:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error
>
>
> > Sam,I'm surprised you have't said, 'the hell with it!" and just reformat
> > your hard drive. Start out with a clean slate, install Win 98, make a
boot
> > floppy for Partition Magic (BTW, don't use BOOT MAGIC); make another
> primary
> > partition for Linux and install Linux. You may want to boot to Linux
using
> a
> > boot floppy (you can make one of these during the installation, just
> before
> > you configure LILO). Also you don't have to install LILO, when asked if
> you
> > want to use LILO just say NO. Then you'll be able to boot Win98 by
default
> > and if you want Linux ,just boot with the floppy.
> > GOOD LUCK
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sam Junge
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:06 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] HELP PLEASE - PartitionMagic error
> >
> >
> > As I've mentioned before, I've been having problems with PartitionMagic.
I
> > installed PartitionMagic, then mandrake linux 7, then decided to delete
> the
> > linux partition. No longer does my computer load lilo, or list linux as
a
> > partition, but PartitionMagic still loads as a dos program when the
> computer
> > starts up and tells me "That linux partition could not be deleted. The
> > operating system partition being deleted was not found." The only option
> it
> > gives me is to click ok, which shuts down the computer and repeats the
> > process.
> > I tried going to my other computer and doing a sys a:, and also
> putting
> > fdisk from my other computer onto the disk. I then put this disk in the
> > computer that wouldn't load windows, and it gave me an a prompt. I tried
> > typing fdisk /mbr, but it didn't make a difference for the next time i
> > booted the computer. What can I do?
> > Please give me a detailed enough anwser because I've tried to solve
> this
> > problem numerous ways.
> >
> >
>
