From: John H. Kim (kim_at_stormhaven.org)
Date: Fri Oct 02 1998 - 11:39:26 EDT
If you think you're not interested in this Partition Magic
thread:
I tried out the system restoration CD thingy just to see what
it was about. It does *not* just restore your system files.
It does a complete fdisk and format of your hard drive making
it one big honking C: partition again. Lame lame lame lame
lame.
Since the Windows install CD doesn't appear to ship with the
Thinkpad in any other form (mine is refurbished so it's
possible it was missing), if you want Windows on your machine
with a different partitioning scheme, you *need* a utility
like Partition Magic.
(I was extremely pissed when it fdisk'ed over my entire Linux
installation instead of being a good little program and
installing on the large C: partition I'd left open. I suppose
I should've listened to the warnings about "all data on the
hard drive" but I never dreamed it would do it in such a
stupid way...)
-- John H. Kim kim_at_stormhaven.org
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