----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:01
PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] PartitionMagic
won't let me run windows
To get a W98 boot disk, go to
your friend's comp that has W98 and do the following.
"Start" > "Settings"
> "Control Panel" > "Add and Remove Programs" > "Startup Disk"
tab > "Create Disk" button.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 4:45
AM
Subject: [newbie] PartitionMagic won't
let me run windows
Sorry for making this so long, but I wanted to make sure I
included
all the details, so please take the time to read it :
I
bought Mandrake Linux 7.0, which came with a version of
PartitionMagic
as part of the "extra's" cd. I installed Partition and BootMagic on my NEW
Windows 98 computer, then installed Linux. I felt I
did not do the best
job of installing Linux, so I decided to delete the
partition I created.
There was an option in the PartitionMagic folder
to start a dos program
that would delete my Linux partition. I did so,
and when the computer
re-booted the program came up, and I followed the
directions to delete
the partition. I assumed it had worked, but when
the computer came
up again, the partition was deleted but it would go
into that same
PartitionMagic dos program and give me a window to click
ok that said
"The Linux Parititon could not be deleted. That operating
system
partition was not found." When I click ok it reboots and does
the same
thing. WHAT SHOULD I DO???? I tried getting fdisk, autoexec.bat and a few
other things from a different win98 computer and
putting them on a disk.
I also did a sys a: from another computer onto that disk and put them onto
my new computer. This at leasts puts me at a dos prompt. I tried typing
fdisk/mbr at the c and the a prompts, but the computer either doesn't
recognize them or it doesn't change anything. There is no windows directory
at c, so I can't really run anything. People have told me to get a win98
boot disk, but I don't have one / know how to make one. What should I do ???
I can't run
windows, so I am really frustrated. If you've had this
problem before,
please give me a detailed solution.
THANKS,
Sam
