Hi Rick,
On Saturday 26 November 2005 15:38, Rick Glazier wrote:
> The question is, does the special Compaq partition need to be there,
> and why?
No. But you do have to make sure that it is actually gone. Then fdisk
and format it.
> I did a factory restore on a different totally clean HD.
> I had the box working fine and started fooling with the HD
> using Acronis Partition Expert2003 and True Image7 or 8.
Beware of funny things that these programs can do !!!!
> Along the way (somewhere), I deleted the partition that Compaq
> had put a lot of their stuff in since it was around 1 G or 2 out of a
> 20G hd. The clean HD was an archive drive of mine (I cleared) and it
> had seen very little actual running time.
>
> The reason for the question is: After the partitions were fooled
> with, the computer rarely boots anymore. (But it still does
> sometimes?.) The hardware boots fine from a floppy (win98) IF the HD
> is disconnected...
Back to my first comment. I have had to use "Zap" on odd occasions to
remove funny markers left by partition adjustment tools, for just the
reasons you quote.
> It is an odd set of circumstances that I have not dealt with before,
> and I can start to understand why some members have been very
> vocal about these OEM type restores, etc...
>
> The question is, does the special Compaq partition need to be there,
> and why?
> Rick Glazier
I'm tempted to put in a "GoTo" top here !! :) Oops, I just did !
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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