Thanks, yeah I use the Palimpsest Disk Utility and showing : This has many Bad 5. Sector Reallocated Sector Count warning 206 sector
before it does not show & I think that it concern to the bad Partition! Maybe I'm wrong..I'm not sure As you said I can install the Linux in the Extend partition!! Is it Ok?? Wince RE Primary Wistaa - Primary F: Data - Primary Extended /boot swap ----------------------- On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Mehdi <akri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I use 200 GB and 2 GB Ram. > > WinRe: 1.5 Gb > > C: Vista 52 Gb > > D: Linux 24 > > E: swap 2.4 > > F: data 107 GB > > > > now i using Vista & Linux together without any problem but i want > reinstall > > my Vista again & i think my harddisk partition is not good and I do not > know > > the right type of partition in that situation. > > have you tried to check the HD using Palimpsest Disk Utility. I too > had a HDproblem and what exactly the problem was no software could > tell me, except that there were too many bad blocks and that the HD > would fail any time - so i had to replace / upgrade to a larger HD :-) > > > > > You can have only two primary partitions and the rest need to be under > > a logical partition. > > I think we can have 4 Primary partitions. > > I think you may be write ?? the 4th partition while primary in nature > will be the extended one > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I'm sure that my current partition is not good. see it again. i use the > > Fdisk -l in terminal: > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 1 192 1536000 27 Unknown > > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > /dev/sda2 * 192 6948 54272000 7 HPFS/NTFS > > /dev/sda3 6949 9987 24410767+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sda4 9988 24321 115137855 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 9988 10352 2931831 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > /dev/sda6 10353 24321 112204800 7 HPFS/NTFS > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > see this one, I use the parted /dev/sda print > > > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > > 1 1049kB 1574MB 1573MB primary ntfs > > 2 1574MB 57.1GB 55.6GB primary ntfs boot > > 3 57.1GB 82.1GB 25.0GB primary ext3 > > 4 82.1GB 200GB 118GB extended > > 5 82.1GB 85.1GB 3002MB logical linux-swap(v1) > > 6 85.1GB 200GB 115GB logical ntfs > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > But my Vista partiton showing: > > My Current partition: > > 1. WinRe(EISA Configuration) Primary > > 2. c: Vista Primary > > 3. d: /Linux primary > > 4. e: Swap primary > > 5. f: data Logical driver > > If you have Wince RE why don't you back up your data and then recover > your Wistaa and then install Ubuntu. > > > If you have data on F: back it up first and then using gparted you can > merge the last 3 partitions and shift the data to the front of the > partitions. > > The restart your partitioning - by leaving some space for F and then > use the rest of the partition ad extended under which linux can be > installed. > and make the partitions as i suggested earlier. boot /root / home / swap > > Your partitioning could look like this > Wince RE Primary > Wistaa - Primary > F: Data - Primary > Extended > /boot > swap > /root > /home > > If you intended to use linux a lot i suggest keeping f data small and > keep most space for home. > > While M$ wo;t easily see anything on LInux you can be sure Linux can > see and access (not run) everything on any wincedows platform > > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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