I have three partitions under win98: hda1 (c:) hda9 (d:)  and hda4 (e:)
(if you want to know why I still have windows, you may read this:
http://www.mandrakeexpert.com/index1.php?tab=paid&act=view&incident=7114&w=0
&PHPSESSID=db1ebacda45a13eb67211228ecf142f8 )

I had to reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and since then, windows won't read hda4 (e:)
I run linux/fdisk and found out that the type for hda4 was set to "hidden
FAT32".
Still with fdisk, I t to change the type from 1b to b (FAT32), w to  write
the table and exited.
If I reboot to linux, the changes are still there.
But when I boot win98, the partition e: is still not available...
When I go back to linux after having booted win98, I notice that the
partition table has changed back: the type for hda4 has come back from b to
1b. I have no such problems for my c: and d: drive, hda1 and hda9.
Since I reinstalled mandrake, windows seems to be willing to hide hda4 from
me. It's funny because the content is visible from linux. What's the point
in having a windows partition visible only from linux and not from windows
itself.

Does anyone have a clue?

thanks,

Anguo









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