From: home@away.com   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:05:23 -0400, "ng_reader"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I have Win ME today, didn't see the NG for it, found this, didn't see recent   
   >answers, thought I'd post.   
   >   
   >Problem (perhaps)   
   >   
   >Just "ghosted" old 5GB to new 160GB HD. Thanks Symantec rep for the NFR   
   >copy. Thanks Circuit City for letting me return the old drive that was   
   >returned late.   
   >   
   >Apparently system needs BIOS upgrade to see the drive. More later.   
   >   
   >I'd like to create a 2nd partition on HD, for instance making one 100GB, one   
   >60GB.  My FDISK didn't seem to want to be able to do that. Something about   
   >no available space (now we all know there's plenty of room). Is that because   
   >Ghost? Or is that normal?   
   >   
   >I never FDISKed the drive, I never formatted the drive, I just "ghosted".   
   >That's it. I'm working from it now, so something worked. But I know my job   
   >isn't over.   
   >   
   >Anyone have a pointer for what is probably a 30 second answer to something   
   >that could take this typist 6 months to figure out and still not get right?   
   >   
   >Just wondering...   
   >   
   >Mr. Curious   
   >   
   >   
   You hav ey to use FDISK before writing the Ghost file onto the HD -   
   then you could create 2 or more partitions.  If you wirte the Ghost   
   file first, you probably got just a 5GB partition.   
      
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