Oh,and windows XP doesnt use fat16! On 1/31/07, Robert <razza at razza.org> wrote: > Alan, > > As long as you have the COA (Certificate of Authenticity) on the laptop > (usually underneath its the label with the cd key on it) you can use any > XP OEM CD to put windows back on at a later date if you don't have a CD > download one or copy one. > > So feel free to blow away the Windows partition if you want (i'm also > pretty sure that the acer laptop's come with a recovery CD anyway). > > Rob > > Alan Nicholson wrote: > > > > I have an Acer Laptop that came originally with WinXP loaded. Although I > > hardly ever use it I would like to keep it as a backup for my wifes PC - she > > is a bit more locked in to M$ as she is an contract Project Manager who > > frequently deals with companies who are solely M$ based. As its a legal copy > > (albeit with NO backup CD copy if anything goes wrong) I would like to be > > sure not to delete it. > > > > Some time back I loaded SLED 10 on a trial basis and later installed Suse > > 10.1 so it now has the 3 OS loaded. > > > > I've now decided to move to OpenSuse 10.2 but want to retain the XP > > partitions and delete all the others and do a fresh install. I could let > > Suse 10.2 do the repartitioning or I have GParted as a live CD so I could > > use that. My problem is ensuring that I don't delete the partitions that > > relate to XP > > > > When I look at the partitions using GParted I see: > > > > Dev/hda1 fat32 > > hda4 extended > > hda5 linux-swap > > hda6 reiserfs (pretty sure this is SLED10as the Bootloader shows SLED10 as > > hda6) > > hda7 linux-swap > > hda8 ext3 > > hda9 ext3 > > hda2 fat32 > > hda3 fat16 > > > > I am assuming that the extended,fat32 & fat16 partitions (hda 1,2 3 &4) are > > WinXP. If I look on "My Computer" it looks like the hard drive is set up as 2 > > drives - C & D. Hence my assumption that the 4 partitions relate to WinXP. > > hda6 is SLED with the remaining partitions 5,7,8,&9 being allocated to either > > Suse 10.1 or SLED. If this is the case then I assume that I would be safe in > > deleting all partitions except 1.2. 3 & 4. > > > > Am I correct in my assumptions or am I playing with fire deleting these > > remaining partitions. > > > > Can anyone tell me how to be sure that I am not deleting the XP partitions or > > suggest how I can clean out 10.1 & SLED10 > > > > Alan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AuckLUG mailing list > > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > > !DSPAM:45c03e64263612051017194! > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > -- Daniel Mason
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