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Re: Trouble with FDISK
From:
Darrell Hefley <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 7 Feb 1998 01:21:50 -0600
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I was told the other day by a network specialist that some hard drives
could be ruined by using fdisk on them.  Any word on this?  If so,  what
type of drives?

>Be forewarned:
>I have attempted 3 or 4 fdisks with Maxtor drives over the last
>year.(Logical Partitioning)  And have had to return the drives for
>replacement...
>
>Last time I deleted a partition, that part of the drive was no longer
>recognized by Win 95.

Darrell Hefley


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