hi paul, thanx for yr advice (very clear & logical :) ) - XP now starts fine. i was worried i was gonna have to reformat my hard-drive! cheers, sam
>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >stm23 wrote: > >>hi, i'm trying to "unhide" my /dev/hda2 drive (the NTFS XP drive) so that i >>can boot XP. i found this advice from a google search: >> >>"All I had to do was boot from a Linux CD-ROM, start fdisk, and change the >>type of the WinXP file system from 0x17 (Hidden HPFS/NTFS) to 0x7 (HPFS/NTFS). >>" >> >>i've never used fdisk before so i'm not sure how to translate this into a >>executable code. could some1 please tell me the command i'll need to execute >>to do this (i.e. change the drive from hidden to unhidden) >> >> > >It's quite easy. > >su to your admin account >use fdisk -l /dev/hda to list the partitions on that drive. >If you use fdisk -l -u /dev/hda it'll be displayed in a different set of >units, which may be more useful >save and/or print the listed information so you know how things were >before you changed things >use fdisk /dev/hda to load fdisk and work with the appropriate partition > >Now that you're in the fdisk program you can >type m for the menu >use p to display the partition table >use t to change the type of a partition >then p again to make sure it looks right >when you're ready, use w to write it to disk >and q to quit. > >Did I miss anything? > >Oh yea, exit out of your admin session and reboot. > >-- >Paul Wilkins
