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  From: Andrew McDonnell <andymc73@yahoo.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:54:00 +1000 (EST)

Re: A Mandrake took my Baby!

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 Alan Boldock wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Installed Mandrake 8 last night now I have problems,
> 
> I have an NTFS (Windows NT) partition, I can no
> longer
> see it from NT. Linux says that it has the Partion
> ID of 
> 17 (Hidden NTFS/HTFS) I change it using fdisk and I 
> put it back to type 7 (NTFS/HTFS) reboot back to NT 
> but I still can't see the drive. When I go back to
> Linux 
> The Partition ID type is back to type 17. 

I use Partition Magic & Boot Magic, and they hide
partitions by setting bit 4 of the id, hence 07 -> 17

Perhaps other software does this as well?

Or else, NT is doing something funny with its boot
loader? Or LILO is doing something strange? Although I
havent come across this before when dual-booting NT &
Linux.

What does the rogue partition show up as in NT disk
manager?

> 
> I have no problems mounting the partition from
> Linux.
> So what can I do to make NT see the light and accept
> 
> that the word does exist out side of NT. 
> 
> I can get all the data back by copying off from
> Linux and
> back on using NT but seems a little brutel!

Seeing as you can see it from Linux then at least
everything is nominally OK, I would consider
investigate other avenues first if you have the time,
although if the data is important it would perhaps be
better to back it up anyway

<snipped>

HTH
Andrew


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