Hi xavier-
I used partition magic and its fine, granted you will probably have to
reboot in safemode to uninstall partition magic as it locks itself into a
loop. Also youll need to edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys as my machine
got stuck in the dos loop. But after that and running scandisk and defrag
and fsck in linux to clean up things abit its all quite well and stable as
a rock. Honestly Id dump windows though as its a waste of space. Let us
know what happens.
Chronos.
At 12:11 PM 10/23/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am attempting my first installation of Mandrake 7.1 and have hit a
>problem. I burned the ISO files to CD, and boot from the installation CD. I
>am asked to select my language etc. However, when I get to the disk
>partition stage, it says my partition table is too corrupted to be read. If
>I select Automatic partitioning, it doesn't seem to realise there is a FAT
>partition that needs to be resized. I have run disk defragmenter and
>scandisk prior to attempting installation.
>
>I am trying to install onto a PC with Windows 98SE, and it is a 10Gb hard
>drive. Would I be better to try to resize the partition using something like
>fips (not that I've ever used it...)?
>
>I would be very grateful for any advice or suggestions
>
>Xavier
