Ritu Chopra wrote:
> Can you help.
We try.
> 4. Two months later, attempted a text only re-install and
> selected
> Auto partition by mistake
That, by itself, should not create a problem for you. Partitioning
utilities are usually intelligent enough, not to overwrite other
partitions.. [unless you do a server class installation from RHL6.1, but
I was told that even that shows you an interactive screen for changing
partitions, if you wish]
> 5. Realised mistake as partitions already existed and re-booted
> machine
I have a brilliant question. Why? If you were installing something
afresh anyway... and not overwriting anything important. Am I right?
> 6. Win-95 still runs fine
> 7. The utility software report partions table overlap
> 8. Help form these programs indicate that data from one partition
> will at sometime over write data from another partition.
> 9. My HDD is going to go Kaput soon------ So I request urgent
> help
Usually I am not much help to anyone. :-D
See if you can do something like this...
1. Find a norton's utilities suite or something that can work. From
Win95 side. You may use the MS Disk-manager if available on your PC.
2. I guess there is nothing important on your Linux side already... so
try and make some changes to your partition table [Like deleting one
Linux partition] and save them. [Handle Linux partition for this since
you are already running windows from your MS partition]. See if it asks
something while saving the partition table information. it may tell you
that it is going to automatically correct the problem.. let it.
But before you try anything like this, do backup your important data.
Rohit
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