Re: 5.0-R won't boot partition 60G into a drive

From: Sheldon Hearn (sheldonh_at_starjuice.net)
Date: 05/19/03

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    Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:01:00 +0200
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>

    On (2003/05/19 07:55), Terry Lambert wrote:

    > I recommend "Partition Magic". Most Windows "recovery CDs"
    > these days will overwrite the entire disk, due to XP using
    > NTFS, and most recovery software disk mastering software
    > being too stupid to understand sizing/writing NTFS. I.e.:
    > if you followed your advice on the order of operation, you
    > would end up overwriting your disk with nothing but Windows.

    Having never used a Windows recovery CD, I'll bow to your assessment.
    :-)

    Ciao,
    Sheldon.
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