Re: Partition problem on RH9 Installation

From: Ed G (Spectrumhog_REMOVE__at_Starband.net)
Date: 02/11/04

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    Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:58:44 GMT
    
    

    >
    > Freeing the space with Partition Magic v.8 was not the problem, using
    > FDisk to fix the MBR is the problem. You should boot into the Windows
    > 2000 recovery console (from the CD) and use fixmbr ,the correct way to
    > fix the MBR for Windows 2000/XP.
    >
    >

      Thank you, very much! I would have had no idea to use fixmbr on my
    Win2K CD. Will try it in a few hours.

      Ed


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