From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 11:11:40 EST
Just make the partition FAT 32
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
To: <jwallace2_at_mindspring.com>; "Thinkpad listserve" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Cc: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:32 AM
Subject: Partition Magic / Recovery CD incompatibility
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 4:31:20 -0500, John Wallace wrote:
>
> >I can only quote the much more knowledgable persons on the list
> >about this, but it should be possible to use Partition Magic to set up
> >the initial space for the recovery CD. See James Maugham's
>
>
> Quoted below is my thread with PowerQuest, which took weeks to close.
>
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:48:25 -0600
> From: "Technical Support" <help_at_powerquest.com>
> To: <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
>
> Partition magic is designed for max size for a fat partition of 2037.9 for
> compatibility reasons. Unfortunately you have found an incompatibility
> but there is nothing to be done about it with partition magic other then
> avoiding the sequence leading to the problem.
>
> Tyler Layton
>
>
>
> Please include all previous messages if you need to reply.
> PowerQuest Technical Support
>
>
>
> >>> "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net> 05/24/01 02:20AM >>>
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> >From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
> >To: "Technical Support" <help_at_powerquest.com>
> >Cc: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
> >Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:05:22 +0700
> >Reply-To: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net>
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> >Subject: Re: Mystery forced shrinkage of primary partition below minimum
> required for Win98 recovery CD s/n PM501ENCD-00046758
> >
>
> No matter what it is 2,037 mb max. I must have the original 2,045
> mb back for a recovery CD re-install. What next?
>
> Jeffrey Race
>
>
> ========original enquiry=========
> >>> "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net> 05/16/01 11:04PM >>>
> Dear Helper,
>
> On my IBM Thinkpad 600E the 10 gb HD crashed so IBM gave me a new
> one. I used the IBM-supplied recovery CD which formatted the entire
> drive and installed Win98 on a 2,045 mb FAT16 partition. I was
> warned that the recovery CD REQUIRES a minimum of 2,045 mb in case
> I must re-install; if the target partition is smaller, the install
> routine will abort. (For example, when Win98 crashes as it must.)
>
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