Find the answer to your Linux question:
Results 1 to 7 of 7
Microsoft to blame for overlapping my HD partitions! I got a problem and it's all Microsoft fault! Here was my partition table: C: FAT32 5GB D: EXT3/linux 5GB (+ 512MB ...
  1. 02-09-2005 #1
    kevingpo
    kevingpo is offline
    Linux Newbie
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    208

    Microsoft to blame for overlapping my HD partitions!



    Microsoft to blame for overlapping my HD partitions!

    I got a problem and it's all Microsoft fault!

    Here was my partition table:

    C: FAT32 5GB
    D: EXT3/linux 5GB (+ 512MB swap)
    E: NTFS 50GB
    F: NTFS 50GB

    I wanted more space so I used Windows XP Disk Management tool to delete D: EXT3/linux parition and also my swap partition. Then I used the same tool to create a NTFS partition and 2 weird things happened:

    a) my HD capacity doubled from 120GB to 210GB... :S
    b) the new D: partition created sized at 55GB (when it should've been 5GB max.)

    Results?

    Well, I wasn't fully awake at the time and started using my new 55GB partition; moving around files/MP3s, etc. I started noticing my E: files (.jpgs, .exes, .zips, .rars) gradually being corrupted. It wasn't now that I realised that stupid WindowsXP has overlapped my D: with E: !!! so E: files were being overwritten... MP3s getting garbled, JPGs being incomplete, etc. What a mess!

    I hate Microsoft. Why can't they for once start being compatible with linux?!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 02-09-2005 #2
    Vergil83
    Vergil83 is offline
    Linux Guru Vergil83's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    2,408

    Re: Microsoft to blame for overlapping my HD partitions!

    Quote Originally Posted by kevingpo
    Why can't they for once start being compatible with linux?!
    that would be to agree that Linux has the right to exist. MS will not do this unless Linux gets a 51% market share
    Brilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 02-09-2005 #3
    Ethyriel
    Ethyriel is offline
    Linux User
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Arizona
    Posts
    288
    Really Vergil, that little?

    Kevin, I'd not completely blame Microsoft until I ran the drive manufacturer's diagnostic. I wouldn't sleep very well either.
    Michael Salivar

    Man knows himself insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it only in himself, and of himself only within it.
    --Goethe
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 02-09-2005 #4
    carlosponti
    carlosponti is offline
    Linux Enthusiast carlosponti's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Oklahoma
    Posts
    560
    MS will not do this unless Linux gets a 51% market share
    hey more people keep converting everyday i am a recent convert
    Blog
    Registered Linux user 396557
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 02-11-2005 #5
    Stormblazer
    Stormblazer is offline
    Linux Enthusiast
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Windsor, CO
    Posts
    656
    This might sound rather strange, but more and more I see microsoft as better for certain applications (often times, that includes servers IMO), while Linux is better for pretty much everything else
    Emotions are the key to the soul.
    Registered Linux User #375050
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 02-14-2005 #6
    cvncpu
    cvncpu is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Your SQL Server
    Posts
    95
    Quote Originally Posted by Stormblazer
    This might sound rather strange, but more and more I see microsoft as better for certain applications (often times, that includes servers IMO), while Linux is better for pretty much everything else
    wow that is strange, i see on the other side of that spectum, i think linux owns the server world, by the fact that the servers are developed on linux, so they are more efficient, but i belive that windows it overall better at dealing with media and client side applications
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 11-07-2005 #7
    kevingpo
    kevingpo is offline
    Linux Newbie
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    208
    I am for linux... but it's scary to see MS Windows taking over...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules