lbparis, I would check into Partition Magic and see if that can straighten things out.
Bruce Dayton Friday, November 09, 2001, 12:21:09 PM, you wrote: l> I'm a little frustrated here. Dell shipped my system with a l> 60GB hard drive but no partitioning. They installed Ontrack l> Disk Manager to handle the whole drive as a single partition. l> Well, suffice it to say that I was dismayed to learn they had l> used "Disk Mangler"! It doesn't peacefully co-exist with some l> of Systemworks utilities (like Disk Optimizer) and now I have to l> face the task of removing it. I did that several years ago and l> it took some serious doing. l> I want to partition the drive into at least five 10GB partitions l> so I can run a multiple boot machine. Now I'll have to l> reinstall everything from scratch, as well as dispose of the l> Ontrack boot sector from hell. Otherwise, Partition Magic would l> have been able to repartition the drive without losing anything. l> I'm not a happy camper. I'll probably be able to work it all l> out but I know that sh-t happens and it will probably take a l> long time to get things running right. l> Len l> ----- l> ----- Original Message ----- l> From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> l> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> l> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:04 AM l> Subject: Re: Windows XP - Scary! (Was=3 A OT: A computer l> question...) >> I got so frustrated yesterday that I broke down and got Norton l> Systemworks. >> After putting it through its paces, so far everything is l> working normally. >> Guess I had some conflicts somewhere that Systemworks was able l> to resolve. >> I also picked up some cheap memory chips at Best Buy (I know, l> they may not >> be great). 256Mb for $20.00 after a $10.00 rebate. This l> gives me a total >> of 384Mb and Photoshop runs much faster than it did at 128Mb. >> >> Bill, KG4LOV >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] l> - l> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, l> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to l> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

