Re: fdisk/sfdisk/Disk Management problems + unallocated sectors

From: mjt (mjtobler_at_removethis_mail.ru)
Date: 04/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 13:19:36 GMT

(sberlusconi) wrote:

> In WinXP 'Disk Management' I see a block of 86MB that's
> unallocated at the end of the disk.

... are you sure this isnt the 'recovery' partition
that is allocated on some boxes, which is used to
reinstall the originally-installed OS?
. 

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