Sean
I had expected PM to see your Linux partitions as Type 85 but I had not
expected it to see your D partition as the same.
This begs 2 questions.
When you created D did you create it as Fat?
Have you ever been able to access D from Windows?
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
> Charles,
>
> I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files.
> There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there was
> the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that saying
> what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type
> 85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux and
> D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to linux,
> sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But what
> i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where the
> D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then
> rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if there
> is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far.
>
> Sean
>
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote:
>
> >
> > The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm
working
> > on getting it, it'll just take some time.
> >
> > I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over,
but
> > rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll
try
> > to get PM and see if that would do the trick.
> >
> > sean
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles
> > A Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > Sean
> > > You can not download a working copy of PM.
> > >
> > > I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first
hand
> > > knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to
set
> > > your D partition as active.
> > >
> > > Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does
that
> > > mean that you don,t actually have any data on it?
> > > If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1
> > > installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and
resize C
> > > to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the
> > > installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one
Windows
> > > partition but it's size will now be that of C & D combined.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
> > >
> > >
> > > > Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during
the
> > > install to
> > > > partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for
patition
> > > magic
> > > > to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd
be able
> > > to
> > > > get it. thank you
> > > >
> > > > Sean
> > > >
> > > > >Sean
> > > > > Let me see if I have your info correctly.
> > > > >You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (C&D) and an
> > > extended
> > > > >Linux partition.
> > > > > When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed
from
> > > > >Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active
partition
> > > per
> > > > >hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and
can
> > > see
> > > > >any thing except BeOS.
> > > > > I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select
what
> > > should
> > > > >be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/
Set
> > > Active.
> > > > >You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing
and
> > > > >reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway.
> > > > > Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both
your C &
> > > D
> > > > >partitions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charles
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM
> > > > Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for
me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer.
Mandrake
> > > will
> > > > > automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips,
cds, etc.
> > > > I am
> > > > > using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On
the
> > > > windows
> > > > > partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running
Linux,
> > > I
> > > > can
> > > > > see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files
across
> > > > the
> > > > > partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows
I
> > > can't
> > > > see
> > > > > the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does
> > > anybody
> > > > have
> > > > > any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Sean
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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