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Re: HP Recovery Question
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JJ <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:39:26 -0400
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From: "Richard Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>

> Make sure the boot partition is marked "Active".
> You can check it with a boot floppy using fdisk to look at it...
> Use a boot floppy for the particular OS installed.
> http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml has them... \
>

LOL - Boy was this a DUH moment!!!! I've been working in Win2K and XP
evidently too long!!!! Hadn't had to set up a Win9X/ME system from the groud
up with a new drive since ???? - I don't even remember! Thanks for the
reminder. All's well now.

Jayne Johnston



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