I was using part244 to resize a partition in XP Pro. I must have done something un-knowingly, now boot manager is installed, which I donot need. Is there a way...
... need. ... Yes. From DOS run PART. Near the top, you will see: 0 Master Boot Record If this is not selected (Highlighted) use arrow keys to highlight it. ...
... Not exactly a good idea IMHO, but I was not asked about it. ... Yes. First start your computer, and ensure within the boot manager that you select your xp...
... Please post the result of part -r (or part /info if using v.2.44) here, in order to figure how we can help you (currently I am in full smog, I need some...
... need. ... Simply select Master boot record, press enter and use space to cycle through MBR executabble code and choose Standard IPL Then press [F2] to save...
I've used partMan sucessfully on this system before. Supermicro Inc. Dual Intel Pentium III, 450 MHz (4.5 x 100) Maxtor 90648D3 (6 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/33) ...
britonusa, Thank you for the info. I just want to remove the boot manager. The system has only Win XP Pro. Using the M$ default to boot is good enough for me. ...
I greatly appreciate you reply to my dilema. I still need more help from you. Attached file is what I have when I run the utility. What is the next step. I...
... That RPM was unable to write back the updated MBR at LBA 0 (in Linux, it would be at offset 0 on device /dev/hdc, not /dev/hdc1 which is inside the 1st...
HDDGURU did it ! The HDD Capacity Restore is a very small utility, within one minute I have my capacity back. I was very amazed. Germany, that's a lot for the...
Germany sent me the link to HDDGuru.com and the HDD Capacity Restore fixed my drive and resotred the original capacity. Thanks Germany. ... help from you. ... ...
Thanks for the ideas Antoine. <unrelated_helpful_info> RPM relies on BIOS services to write to the disk. With AMIBIOS, If "virus protection" in the BIOS...
... Not sure it is that bogus. ... Perhaps it was, when the PC (-XT) was designed (was the central idea of G. Kidall in CP/M, for sure.) However, the...
HELLO: I could purchase Partition Magic again, I have one from w98 times that W Vista does not allow to work. Honestly I am not comfortable using unknown...
It would be nice to know .. what exactly are you attempting to do ? Resize a partition? Dual Boot scenario? I little information from you would go a long way...
Regarding Partition Magic, this is really the wrong place to ask. OK, RPM have similar initials as PM. OK, in both cases the P stands for Partition. But what...
... one, besides the creation dates I see in the Ranish down load page are old. In order to use RPM, you have to study a little which is not so hard and in...
britonusa wrote ... I beg to differ a bit. Dynamic volumes only operates within the defined partitions (appears as type 42 to RPM). You are free to do whatever...
... whatever you ... installation. Thanks for clarifying. Actually, I should have emphasised the word "setup". When I tested the Dynamic Disk setup in Vista,...
I have a new HD with noting on it. Am planning to make it a dual boot between Windows Media Center and GNU/Debian Linux 4.0 Etch. Is the ranish partition...
... No. RPM can't resize ntfs partitions, and for that reason you shouldn't even attempt to do so. Much easier and cleaner is to work out your partition...
... Well, RPM knows exactly nothing about NTFS, so for it it is exactly the same as the outer space: only things you can do with NTFS are reserving space for...
The freedos project includes the mkisofs.exe and isolinux/syslinux which are required to make a bootable cd ISO image. I managed using winimage and a binary...
I am not entirely sure about this, but my previous idea of using freedos' mkisofs.exe+isolinux may have a GPL licensing conflict with the pay-for RPM. so...
... As long as the programs are separate there shouldn't be any problems (i.e. you can call a GPL program from a closed source program as long as the GPL...
... with ... long ... too). ... it turns out that the regenerated compressed boot image file is created in the isolinux directory and is a required piece....
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