----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 3:03
PM
Subject: [newbie] Severe PartitionMagic
Error, please read
Here is my problem, please take the time to read it
:
I recently installed partition and boot
magic on my windows 98 computer in preparation to install mandrake Linux 7.0.
I installed Linux, but felt I did not do a good enough job so i
decided to delete the partition. When I got to Windows, I used the
delete Linux partition option that PartitionMagic gave me. When the
computer rebooted, I went through the steps of the dos delete linux
partition program, and it seemed as though it had worked. When the computer
re-booted, Lilo gave me the same three options as usual : windows, linux, and
floppy. Whether or not linux should still be listed as an option or whether I
should have entered lilo at all is a different question, because when
i typed linux just in case, it doesn't work anyways. ( the floppy
option is also not the problem ) My real problem is that when i type in
"windows" the computer goes to the partitionMagic dos program that says "the
Linux partition could not be deleted. That operating system partition to be
deleted was not found." This program gives me only the option to click
ok, and when i do so, the computer reboots and when i type windows again under
lilo, the same problem occurs. I have heard several responses, none of which I
have gotten to work.
I made a boot disk on my other windows
computer ( typing sys a: at dos prompt at other computer ). I then put the
disk into the computer and it booted up into a dos prompt. People told me to
type fdisk /mbr, which i did at both the a and the c prompt, but neither
recognized it. I also typed win / win98 / windows, but that didn't work
either.
I can't get back into my computer (
windows ), so please try to solve my problem.
THANKS A MILLION,
me
