[techtalk] Parition help

[Jen Hamilton]

> Partition Magic is available on Chip CD June 2000 issue, but should 
> also be freely available on the net.
I don't think Partition Magic is free. The home page has a 'demo' which
shows you what it would do without actually doing it. Has anyone found a
(legal) download of PM? 

Jen


On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Lisa Mendonsa wrote:

> Well, I more or less had a small problem when I tried deleting my
> partitions of Linux RH7, and DOS pirmary and extended . I deleted them
> using Linux fdisk (using the installation CD) and then run the windows fdisk to delete the DOS
> partitions.
> But at this point it told me that it could not delete the DOS extended
> partition when logical partitions exist. So I tried deleting the "logical
>  partitions" ,but lo and behold , it tells me there are no logical
> partitions defined. This has soemthing to do with the ext2 partition
> created for Linux. Using the installation CD didnt help much either, even
> using Disk Druid, so I used Partition Magic, which cleant out my
> partitions nicely. But be careful using it, I hear it can be quite deadly
> ;) . Partition Magic is available on Chip CD June 2000 issue, but should
> also be freely available on the net.
> HTH
> Lisa
>  On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Kath wrote:
> 
> > Ok, my friend installed Red Hat 6.2 and has decided she hates linux.  Oh well.  Lets not lecture her on Linux vs. Windows.
> >
> > What is the easiest way for her to delete her linux partition and create a FAT32 one so she can reinstall Windows?  cfdisk?  fdisk?
> >
> > - Kath
> >
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