Re: Linux, XP, Win2003 Server multi-boot

Cinnamon <designer'at'centurytel'dot'net> wrote:
I finally got the new machine - it came with one of those 'recovery'
disks (XP MCE) - and a 5 gig recovery partition that isn't supposed to be
deleted.

What nameless computer is this? My HP has a recovery partition, but it
shows up as D: and can be viewed. Maybe I changed the permissions on it to
make it viewable, I don't remember.

Anyone know how to see the contents of this? I couldn't. I considered
formatting the first partition and using fdisk to break it up into 2
partitions, then using the recovery disk to reinstall MCE on one of the
partitions. I couldn't boot into DOS and ended up using the command
prompt window but never could find fdisk, so decided to keep the MCE.

There is no fdisk any more. There is diskpart for Windows, and various
tools for Linux.

I then installed the hard disk from my old computer - right now I'm just
using it to transfer files and programs to the new system (even though I
did have a backup). Once I feel I have everything in order - always lose
something when I get a new computer - I'll format that disk and install
Linux & Win2003 on it I guess.

That's what I did. Because of a previous upgrade, I had multiple Windows
partitions on the old disk. I copied the contents of one of those to the
new disk, and then I had space on the old disk for a Linux installation.

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