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Bob, I 'd already removed & recreated partitions w/ p'magic (ver 8)
leaving 12MB blank , and was unable to successfully re-install OS. Also
tried HP's HD utility, which reported no errors. Was unable to get
ahold of HP's recovery disc, so it looks like "low-level" format is in
order.
Tony Mayer, the /mbr switch was one of the first things I tried, to no
avail.
Thanks for the responses guys.
Ian Carmichael
> At 11:57 PM 8/31/2003, Ian Carmichael wrote:
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>> Hello all. I have an HP laptop here that although had only Win98
>> installed, also had an unknown boot manager (based upon info supplied
>> by owner). Partition type reads as UNKNOWN .........
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> Bob Wright wrote:
> Since you have Partition Magic, the first thing to do is remove all
> partitions
> so the drive is totally empty. Now, using Partition Magic, create a
> primary
> partition, Fat32 that is 98% of the available drive.......
>
> If you cannot accomplish this with Partition Magic,......
> Go to the manufacturer's web site and find their low-level format
> utility....
>
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