FDISK

From: Michael P Gabriel (axipolti_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: 28 Jun 2004 12:18:57 -0700

Hi, I can't seem to be able to get rid of Suse Linux from a two
partition 80 Gig Drive. I formatted the entire drive using the Western
Digital Utility disk, and now it shows one partition for 80 Gigs. But
when I tried loading WIN XP Home Edition, it won't recognize that
partition and shows only 32 +/- Gigs. I don't want to load WIN XP
until I can use the entire 80gig drive.

 Is FDISK the only utility that would guaranty a clean format?
Partition Magic won't, neither will V-com fix-it utilities.

Help! I'm desparate! And many thanks!, Mike

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