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Subject: Re: Linux and NT
From: "Donovan L. Freemyer" <dlfg@tsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 01:48:00 -0700


Use the fdisk from each OS in reverse order. This may fix it.  OR go to
the website of your hard drive manufacturer and download their utility
for performing a LOW level format on the drive.  Low Level formatting is
slow but it will wipe the drive clean and do away with the messed up
partitions. 

Xiaoyan Zhang wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am having trouble trying to make NT and Linux to coexist on the same
> hard drive. I kind of installed Linux on my hard drive and then deleted
> it for a few times. The last time when I installed NT, it only saw
> 8033MB out of my 8809MB hard drive.
> I could get NT work. But now after I tried to install RH Linux 6.0, I
> could not get into NT anymore. The partition table is just a mess. Does
> anyone have any experience with such kind of problems? Is there anyway
> that I can get back the full capacity of my hard drive? Any information
> is appreciated.
> 
> Please reply to xiaoyan@stat.berkeley.edu
> 
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