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Joe · 08-14-2002, 02:08 PM

Have you installed a Linux OS on this machine earlier? something with Ext2 or Ext3 FAT tables?

cause NT and Dos FDISK cannot remove those partitions. you need to run a debug script to clean the header sectors on the drive.

if you dont, you can remove all the partitions in the NT load, build new partitions, and load the software but on a reboot it wont boot up at all since it cant read the MBR on the disk anymore.

08-14-2002, 02:08 PM	#5
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Have you installed a Linux OS on this machine earlier? something with Ext2 or Ext3 FAT tables? cause NT and Dos FDISK cannot remove those partitions. you need to run a debug script to clean the header sectors on the drive. if you dont, you can remove all the partitions in the NT load, build new partitions, and load the software but on a reboot it wont boot up at all since it cant read the MBR on the disk anymore. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.