This is true of any 2 partitioning programs.
Always use only 1 for creating, resizing and moving.
I prefer using either PM or SystemCommader, but not on the same machine.
Unlike fdisk or DiskDrake PM and SC can handle all partition types.
The only time I use Diskdrake is to change the file type on pre-existing
Linux partitions and I never use fdisk.
Charles
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sevatio
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:46 AM
> To: Robin Ballantine; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux
>
>
> Yes, if you're going to use Diskdrake to set up your HD, you
> CANNOT go
> back in and resize it with Partition Magic. They are
> different enough to
> result in mysterious data loss over a period of time and eventually,
> you'll end up losing everything. I had this experience over several
> machines and this is the response I received from Powerquest
> Partition
> Magic's tech-support.
>
> Sevatio
>
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 8/8/01, 6:28:51 AM, Robin Ballantine
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux:
>
>
> > On Wednesday 08 August 2001 2:00 am, you wrote:
> > > I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes
> to harddrives,
> > > but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix
> on a drive that
> > > was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall
> windows on the
> > > drive again without it not working or being awfully
> unstable. I'm not
> sure
> > > why this happens, it's a pity my 20gb drive no longer
> wants to work. I
> even
> > > went as far as to go back in the installer on Redhat, get
> in the fdisk,
> and
> > > create a new empty dos partition table, saved it, then
> rebooted, fdisk'd
> > > off a boot floppy, created a primary partition, rebooted,
> formatted it,
> > > then tried the installer. It didn't make it past the
> system checker thing
> > > at the beginning of the installer, gave some weird errors
> about the
> drive.
> > > Anyway, anyone else having this problem?
>
> > I have read somewhere, but can't remember where, That if
> you are going to
> > install Windows on a partition then you should format that
> partition with
> the
> > dos version of fdisk as supplied with windows or with the disk
> installation
> > floppy. I believe the linux version of fdisk formats a dos
> partition
> slightly
> > differently.
> > Hope this helps,
> > Robin
>
