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   Message 382 of 679   
   Danno to JerryW   
   Re: IOS error on newer computer   
   23 May 04 06:32:01   
   
   From: TooMuchSpam@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 18 May 2004 14:37:17 -0700, JerryW  wrote:   
   > I've bought a newer computer with Athlon 1.7 GHz chip and PCI bus and   
   > USB ports. It came with Win XP on the 40 GB HDD but I run Linux as my   
   > primary OS so I repartitioned it right after I got it and installed   
   > Slack 9.1. I left 2 GB for Windows.   
   >   
   > I couldn't reinstall Win XP because it only came with a "recovery" disk   
   > which tried to grab the entire 40 GB back again. So I returned to my old   
   > standby Win95 install CD (I think it's Win95B, the date is Aug 1996)   
      
   > Thanks, J.W.   
      
     Although not an answer to the question you've asked, another possible   
   solution   
   for you would be to reinstall WinXP with your recovery disk, using the entire   
   drive, then resize it with ntfsresize or parted (hit google), resize the   
   primary partition and install Slack again.   
      
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