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Partition magic or Partition tragic!
Dreamland- I formatted the 15gig C: drive partition from floppy drive with a 2 disk set of Partition Magic (1. "bootable" & 2. "Program") I assumed it would simply format the partition, leaving it empty and ready for me to load a Win 2000 O.S. But back to the now.... It...- teafortwo
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Partition magic or Partition tragic!
I found the solution: From desktop of Windows XP Start Settings Control panel Administrative tools Computer management Disk management Along side my 2 "healthy" 4.5 and 15 gig partitions was the 20 gigs, shown here as "unallocated" I right clicked on it, chose quick...- teafortwo
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Partition magic or Partition tragic!
Yes, It seems there is little alternative. However I'm a little bit stuck as to how to delete all and reformat. Fdisk and P.M. won't allow me to alter anything. The only formatting I have done (just a couple) required me to enter a drive letter i.e. format C: But the missing 15 gig partition...- teafortwo
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Partition magic or Partition tragic!
Hi, I need some advice about restoring the partitions of my hard drive please. Situation in short I have a 40gig HD I had 3 partitions on it as follows 1. 15 gig : Primary boot loading up Win ME 2. 20 gig : used for data back up 3. 4.5 gig : Hidden with Windows XP on it (Option at boot up via...- teafortwo
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