Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 19:50:44 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OT: Problem w/Satellite Pro 420CDT
Does anyone know why there was something like 5-10MB or more of free space
at the end of at 1.3GB HDD of a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420CDT after the C:
partition?
I decided to resize the C: partition down, and add a 110MB D: partition to
load Win98 setup files onto. But after that, booting the system failed.
With no FD in the FDD, a boot message was displayed about an invalid system
disk, and to remove it and hit any key, as if I had a non-system FD in the
FDD. I changed Boot: HDD > FDD in BIOS, but boot still failed.
Booting from a system FD and running �dir� on C:, a bunch of hash scrolled
by. Turns out the FATs were blown to pieces by the partitioning process of
PM! So I�ve joined your league on the PM issue Raymond. Running scandisk a
couple times looked like it would fix the problem But running �dir� on C:
got nothing but a bunch of those recovered file check files.
Luckily I had just backed up all data, and had intended to reformat C: and
install Win98. So I used my free LapLink clone, File Maven to get Win98
setup files to D:, reformatted C: and loaded Win98.
But I�m left to wonder what the heck that little bit of free space at the
end of the C: partition was all about. Thoughts of Windows swap file space
come to mind, but that would require a formatted partition.
Does anyone have any idea about what it�s for, and if I may end up with OS
problems if I don�t recreate it?
Matt
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