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Old 01-17-2008, 05:30 PM
Steve
 
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Default Re: Dual boot problems

Lenard wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:53:46 -0600, Steve typed:
>
>> Michael C. wrote:

>
> <snip>
>
>> Here are the results to fdisk -l /dev/hda:
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System

>
>> /dev/hda1 * 1 1704 13687348+ 44

>
> I hate to tell you this but you have no Windows Me installed, the
> partition above is a GoBack partition (ID 44).
>
> From; http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partition...n_types-1.html
>
> 44 GoBack partition
>
> GoBack is a utility that records changes made to the disk, allowing
> you to view or go back to some earlier state. It takes over disk I/O
> like a Disk Manager would, and stores its logs in its own partition.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/goback/
>
>

So WinME is history. I still have access to the files on the Windows drive
and can even run some via WINE. It does sound though that formating the
partition with windows on it is the only alternative???

Thanks
Steve
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