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nmr59
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 17:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if I disable the 20G right now, I wont have access to windows. I can't get into 120G with any software, so far. I tried booting from 98 without success. Hangs on black screen flashing cursor
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ddp
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 17:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is status of partition magic??
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Jerry746
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 18:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Your saying it still won't boot off the Windows emergency startup disk with CD rom support? You may have to install that HD in a friends computer as Slave and format the complete HD and remove all partitions. Then start all over with 1 main partition. I had a few strange ones I had to fix that were partitioned part in NTSF and part in fat32.

Jerry
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nmr59
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 18:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've opened partition magic and it sees the 120G - what do you recommend as I read through help files.
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nmr59
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
BTW here's the URL I downloaded PartitionMagic 8 from http://www.soft32.com/download-Partition_Magic-151-5.html
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nmr59
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_ 		2. February 2005 @ 18:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
HAHA I have to buy the program for it to format the darned disk!
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ddp
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_ 		3. February 2005 @ 06:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you want to delete the partitions so you can make a new partition & than format drive. but supposedly can use it before buy according to info
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nmr59
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_ 		3. February 2005 @ 17:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Last night I sent an email to a MS-MVP I found somewhere in the MS XP site. She wrote back saying I ought to uninstall SP2, try the seagates diagnostics again, format, etc, then re-install SP2. After 4 hours, I now have a formatted, recognized 120G disk! WOOHOOO!

Thank you for your time and help. Its been a frustrating 2 weeks. I appreciate this forum.

regards,
nancy
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Jerry746
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_ 		3. February 2005 @ 17:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
SP 2 strikes again. What a piece of junk. I can't understand why MS won't fix it right. I didn't even think about that possibility.

Jerry
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nmr59
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_ 		3. February 2005 @ 17:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
for what its worth, PartitionMagic saw an overlap of partitions - could be why none of the boot disks could help. I dont know... tell you the truth, I didnt know I had installed SP2 - I'd been avoiding it for months!
Now that its gone do I really want it back lol...
Again, live and learn - its why we're here!
Thanks
nancy

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE...
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ddp
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_ 		3. February 2005 @ 18:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
at least you have a somewhat spanking new 120gig hd. don't put sp2 on til they fix it. teach & learn
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