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- fdisk reports HDD as read only
- Hi ,can anyone help with this ?Attempting to format a Packard Bell Easynote laptop hard drive as its owner insists on using ME instead of the XP it came with (it is about 2 years old).Booting to a bootable version of 98SE startup CD I tried to change from NTFS...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 98, OPEN SOURCE, john.hill4@..., primary partition, NTFS, laptop computer, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- primary and recovery(backup) drive switched what do I do?
- The C: drive on my home computer with 100 gb has been made the recovery drive, and the H: drive,a partition with 4.44 gigabytes has been made the primary. The computer always says system memory low so I can install new programs or run programs that require lost of memory....
- Tags: phila17@..., backup, memory, primary partition
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- How can I expand the primary partition.
- I need to expand the primary partition, "C" drive on a machine running Windows Server 2003. The primary partition is currently at 20gb in a 149gb disk. Is there a way to easily and safely expand this partition?partiotion magicYou can download a trial version that will expand the partition a...
- Tags: primary partition, msmith@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
- Hard disk fornmat
- how to recover data from a 2hard disk merging from one hard disk.Note : its happen during a merging 2 partitians of that disk through PM8 & its give error while doing this process. & data is lost & need to be recover it.willing to your prompt reply .Thanks.Well the...
- Tags: Partition, Primary Partition, mejaz786@..., hardware, hard drive
- Q&A 2006-03-14
- install windows ME
- please, need help reformatting wiindows MEWhat make and model of computer? Do you have the original disks that came with this computer?The right steeps to follow are1. Format the HDD2. Install the OS3. Install the motherboard drivers from the original motherboard CD4. Install the drivers of your components (video card, network card……)you have...
- Tags: Active Partition, bpalomino@..., computer, FDISK, hard drive, Microsoft Windows ME, Primary Partition, window, windows
- Q&A 2005-11-21
- Expanding your Windows XP test lab with Norton PartitionMagic 8
- If your IT department is like most, then you probably have asmall test bed of computers running Windows XP on which you can experiment withnew software, patches, or operating system updates, such as SP2, before youroll out anything to the real production network. However, chances are goodthat you've occasionally wished...
- Tags: BootMagic, computer, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Norton Co., PartitionMagic 5, primary partition
- Technical articles 2005-06-09
- Boot from usb drive using ghost.
- Does anybody know how i can boot from a usb drive using ghost 2003?regards,AYPYB.Hello...You can create a bootable drive image using Ghost. The partition must be the primary active partition just like for an internal drive.However, being able to boot from it depends on your PC. This is supported by...
- Tags: aypyb@..., BIOS, CD, computer, DOS, hard drive, primary partition, USB, USB drive, USB flash drive
- Q&A 2005-03-11
- Rebuilding PC
- I have a PC running two operating systems on ot WINDOWS XP and WINDOWS 2000. for some time now it has sarted cretaed problems and runs very very slow now. I wnat to clean everything on the harddisk and just install Windows 2000 opwerating system. I do not know how...
- Tags: ashish@..., CD, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, PC, primary partition
- Q&A 2004-12-07
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- XP re-install
- I'm planning on re-installing XP on my comp. The comp is currently configured as follows:Disk 0 Basic: Partition 1 (Primary/NTFS) Win XP Partition 2 (Primary/NTFS) DataNo compression or encryption on either partitions.Will Partition
- Tags: windows, tbillz@..., Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-11-19
- Second Partition in Windows XP
- Hi. I have had this problem a few months ago last time I re-installed my OS but now having just formatted my Windows partition again, the same has occurred and I cannot remember how to fix it!The story is:1. When windows is being installed and asks which drive you would...
- Tags: Construction, Storage, Microsoft Windows XP, p.barns@..., RAID, window, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-03
- will this dual boot have problems?
- I dual booted XP and Vista. All seems good.XP on a 40Gb primary partition,Extended partition withVista 40Gb logical620Gb logicalshould i have installed vista on a second primary partition?seems to work ok, but will problems occur in the future?actually Im planning to image the OS'sAny issues imaging an OS on a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), wbgg, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- New Hard disk partition using windows xp
- How to create a partition? I purchased this e-computer,it has 200gb space; but I want to partition, so I'll be able to use this hard disk more efficient.Keeping the software inside this hard disk.I tried thru disk management, but didn't make.Please helpThanksCesarRequires third-party softwareUnless you want to reinstall Windows, delete...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, tzar50@..., Microsoft Windows XP, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- error 0x5,0,0,0x1 on NT4 installation
- Hello everybody, i am new on here, I was trying to install windows NT4 workstation to my computer a HP Pavilion 6609 in a multiboot enviroment..i got a hard drive of 40 Gib seagate,I've got a first primary partition FAT of 200 MB,second primary parttion of 4 GB FAT32 for...
- Tags: javier030664@..., logical partition, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, windows
- Q&A 2005-05-12
- System partition
- I have two hard drives in my system. The system is dual-boot with primary master (80GB) running Windows XP and primary slave(20GB)- Windows 2000.I would like to keep the hard drives in their present locations larger being the primary master but remove Windows XP installation and possibly delete partitions on...
- Tags: MaratZ, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, windows
- Discussion threads 2004-12-14
- when is MBR created?
- When is the Master Boot Record created?Is it created when you: 1- create a primary partition 2- or when you mark primary partition active 3- or when you format that partition 4- or is it created...
- Tags: Master Boot Record
- Q&A 2005-04-09
- Shrink primary partition, add drives
- I just got Win XP Home. Right now system restore is active. I wish to use PartitionMagic to shrink the partition C: and to create a new extended partition with three new logical drives (FAT16 2GB). This will bring changes to the Master Boot Record of my hard drive. I...
- Tags: Gunnar Klevedal, hardware, system restore
- Q&A 2005-03-11
- Dual boot XP/Vista with a GRUB DILEMMA!! HELP!!!
- The Beginning:I used to have a dual boot config with Fedora Core 6 and XP. Using Partition Magic, I formatted the FC6 partition to make some room for Vista Ultimate. After formatting the FC6 partition, GRUB remained as my boot loader. With a bit of research I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), tomasymas@..., GRUB DILEMMA!, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-05-20
- Extend Win2K server boot partition
- Is there a reliable method of extending the primary partition on a Windows 2000 Server? Everything I have read doesn't support boot partitions on Win2K server.How to extend boot partitionHi,With SCSI Hard drive Installed use utility like Array Manager you can extend the size of a partition only on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, networking, Roger99a, server
- Discussion threads 2005-02-19
- Save Secondary , Destroy Primary !
- Hi allI have a Pentium D something and a gigabyte of RAM, 160 GB HDD.....it somehow its quite sluggish for its speed. I cant play counter strike on it, let alone any other heavier games ! So I decided to format it..PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: FORMAT THE C DRIVE Primary Partition WITHOUT...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, trulytushar@...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Windows 98
- Hi, I've just installed a new hard drive with Windows 98 on it on my PC. The hard drive is 20Gb but only 2Gb is showing for the C:. There is only the one partition and I performed a clean installation. Any idea what happened to the rest of the...
- Tags: BIOS, Gurps, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98
- Q&A 2004-10-10
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