Posts by dg1261

Quote:Originally Posted by wyzer I installed a new 2 terabyte Seagate barracuda and now when I try the restore it errors stating something to the affect that the destination partition is to small to complete the restore....

"the Dell support person says my only option for reinstalling is to use a Windows OEM CD and Dell application CD that he will have to ship to me. He says that the recovery partition is only for doing F8 fixes and doesn't actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastiff I'm still mad at Norton for buying up PowerQuest ... You mean Symantec. Norton didn't buy PowerQuest, Symantec bought out both of them. That's been Symantec's modus operandi...

You'll find a lot of info about the Dell layout of partitions and their interaction here: http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/Ya...57809610/20#20

Quote: Originally Posted by matchbox2022 But shouldn't newer partition programs be able to do both methods? Newer ones, yes. Quality programs like BootIt-NG and Acronis Disk Director have been updated to be...

Do NOT let Partition Magic anywhere near a Windows 7 or Vista machine. PM will destroy your partitions. There is nothing wrong with your partitions. For decades, the industry standard was to align a partition's beginning and ending...

Quote: Originally Posted by mabsark Get a copy of the dell MBR, and load it up in a hex editor. Do a search for "80 BF C2 07 DB". After the search has found the code, replace "DB" with...

I like the free Spacemonger.

Quote: Originally Posted by iptvguy Thanks for the advice. Any idea how the latest Linux kernal works related to this issue? Sorry, I don't know linux well enough to say.

Quote: Originally Posted by iptvguy My original XP install disks are not SP3 so what I did was to format it for 130G, install XP Media Center, then install the Service Packs and patches. When I have some time I will use...