Re: Please help with XP Professional dual boot

From: mjt (mjtobler_at_removethis_mail.ru)
Date: 12/01/04


Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:35:44 -0600

Michael Stevens wrote:

>> The small partition was 30 megs, not gigs.  The machine was shipped
>> to me that way.
>
> The gigs was a typo, and you changed the hard drives so why do you need or
> is it necessary to have the 30 meg partition.

... many computers come with that hidden 30 meg partition:
it is a MAINTENANCE partition, with tools to check the
machine out: memory test, disk test, etc.

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