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I fixed my partitions, but it took a while. the prob was using mandrake's
"auto-allocate" function to set up my partitions over the existing
partitions. it trashed the partition table. Linux still worked just boot
magic and partition magic couldn't.
here's how I fixed it. in windoze open windows explorer and got \Program
Files\PowerQuest\PartitionMagic5\UTILITY there is a program called
ptedit32.exe there. run it and you can see all the details of your HD
partitions :) what I had there made no sense. so I set all values to zero
for that drive. now use Part. Magic and the drive should show up as
completely free "unallocated". now you can create new partitions here or use
mandrakes utility. be careful where you place your boot info so boot magic
will work!
good luck all
Seth Hollen
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> I got the same problem w/ partition magic also. and boot magic won't work
> too! I'm contacting tech support about it today. will let
> everyone know what
> they say...
>
> Seth Hollen
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back?
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> I can comisserate with you - I installed Linux on my home PC, and
> now when I
> run
> Partition Magic on it there is just a long yellow box where my partitions
> should
> be, with text that reads "No Partition - ERROR" across it - Linux and
> Windows
> still boot fine, but I'm frantically backing up my data and
> waiting for the
> other shoe to drop.....
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> "Bob Nagler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/06/2000 04:30:28 AM
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> Subject: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back?
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> For a to me unknown reason, my linux partition an two windows
> partitions are
> not
> seen any more when I boot my computer.I still have lilo boot
> choice but when
> i
> try my linux OS, I get a kernel panic because I cant mount the
> root (/). In
> windows, which i can still run (with only my C drive, the first
> partition on
> my
> disk), I only see my Windows partition (Fat partition of 2008 MB) and then
> an
> unknown partition of 15MB(probably where the boot info of the
> lilo and linux
> is), and then 7516 MB of free space. In these 7516MB should be my linux
> partition an my SWAP partition and my home partition, and aditional dos
> partitions. I don't have a rescue diskette that works, so I can't get a
> linux
> pompt in any way. Is there a way to get my partitions and all the
> data back?
> Please help!!
> Thanks,
> Bob
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