-> On 04 Apr 07  12:30:18, Maurice Kinal got back to Danny Ceppa 

 DC> As the partition is trashed, I can't reset the format.  Or, I don't 
 DC> think I can...  That may be an option.  

 MK> fdisk.
 
Nah, that will fully format the drive.  

 DC> I'm running WIN programs from Ubuntu right now!   Of course, they 
 DC> are actually running on the XP box I'm VMCed into.  :)  

 MK> I've heard of that being done.  Beats me why given the inferior apps
 MK> on any version of Windows. 

I've got them so I'll use them.  


 DC> The problem with the damaged drive is the MBR is trashed.  

 MK> That will be a problem.  You probably could still use it as long as
 MK> there aren't any physical problems with the drive (scratches, dust,
 MK> etc.) or too many bad blocks.  You won't be able to boot it if the mbr
 MK> is indeed screwed. 

The drive might be salvagable.  I created a small directory for 
swap in XP.  Xp doesn't like to swap to an external drive.  


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