Hi, A few days ago, I created a boot diskette created under Windows Millenium (virus free according to ClamWin), and replaced FDISK by FreeFDISK on that diskette. After that, I created several partitions using FreeDISK, but was unable to format some partitions on the disk using neither FORMAT, nor the install process of the Windows Me CD. Finally, I recovered the hard disk thanks to Ubuntu 6.06 CD that partitioned and installed like a charm.
While I was suffering, I posted a message on news:alt.comp.hardware to know whether my disk was dying. Some contibutors suggested that the partitionning could be screwed, and one clearly stated that the problem might have been caused by FreeFDISK and that he had seen similar problems on 3 computers before. ( news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ). So, I thought that reporting my experience here could be useful. Let's hope that this is a "false positive". You may find more information on the USENET thread: See news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and the replies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
