Re: 8 meg partition




"Jerry" <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I wanted to ghost a brand new micron client pro desktop. I've added the
> software and made my ghost disk to begin to burn my image to DVD, but upon
> reboot Ghost locks up right when the Ghost GUI begins. You never get the
> full
> GUI and the mouse is an hourglass. Okay, when I went back later to
> re-fdisk
> that computer I saw that it had a 8meg partition and a 32 meg partition. I
> can't get rid of that 8 meg partition it gives me the error "The
> unpartitioned space you selected..." I can't remember the rest of the
> error
> but its something like "is used by Windows" , anyway, its a Microsoft
> error.
> I'm convinced that Ghost locks up due to that 8 meg partition. You cannot
> delete it with Fdisk or using the Windows set up disk. The Windows set up
> disk sees it but it will not allow you to delete it. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated!!
>

Some makers set machines with a hidden partition for recovery proposes. It's
very possible that is what your maker has done. Ask them.


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