Partitioning the HDD. Reversal?

[Guest]

I've tried 4 different restore points and it keeps coming back incomplete. I
suspect the partitioning is to blame.

Anyway, I'm installing Linux onto a 30GB partition of a 120GB HD. I thought
I did it right but now have 30 gigs allocated to Partition1 and 90 gigs
unallocated. I've tried to find a way to reverse the partition and keep
coming up short. A few questions.

First, aside from system restore, is there a way to reverse that?

Second (for Linux users), I'm using the Ubuntu distro and set the partition
there. Can I somehow reverse it from the install prompts without wiping out
all the data?


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

And if you're curious I need the Linux partition to access it from work via
SSH. (Damn Websense.)

Thanks in advance.

Jon

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Jon,

1) Where are you running restore from?

2) 30GB allocated to Linux and the remaining 90Gb unallocated tells me there
are no NTFS partitions remaining. I suspect you did not do this correctly
unless your XP installation is on another physical drive.

3) Again, what system restore are you talking about? A restore disk?

4) Reverse what from a command prompt? What you've (probably) already
screwed up?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

I'm running the system restore from Windows, not a disk. I'm thinking when
the partition was created, the section of disk the restore points were copied
to were erased. (I think, not sure how that works, really.)

Anyway, the problem is that the 30GB are allocated to Windows with the other
90GB unallocated. (According to Disk Management.) I'm thinking this means I
have 30 GB for the NTSF Windows partition and 90 GB avail for Linux. I just
need the reverse of that.

I hope I'm explaining this well enough.

Another thing I thought of is this. Could I just partition the rest of the
90GB as NTSF? Or would XP treat it as 2 different HDDs? I suspect since it
would be another mounted drive I could format 30GB of that for Linux, but how
much hassle would it be to access the other 60GB from the primary partition?

If worse comes to worst I could just format the whole thing and start over,
but the disadvantage of that is obvious.

Does Windows have a way to connect from work to home over SSH? Never looked
into that now that I think of it.

Thanks again for the reply.

Jon

 

[Guest]

12:05 AM 5/30/2006

Hi Jon:

It sounds like you have started down the wrong path. However, if you still
can boot into XP then there is plenty of hope. Before you do another thing,
back up all your important stuff (if you have not already done so). System
Restore is not intended to roll back any changes you have made to the
partitions on the hard drive.


Next, decide what it is that you really need. If there is any way to
accomplish your goal (accessing your computer from work) without installing a
second Operating System (Linux), that would be the way to go. If you must
install a second O/S, then you have some planning to do before you start
pushing buttons. The XP Disk Manager is capable of doing many things but it
will not install Linux for you.

If you are determined to do this yourself, I would highly recommend a 3rd
party software such as PowerQuest Partition Magic (there are many others) for
anyone who needs to create a "dual-boot" system. If you need to create a
dual-boot, get the software and read the manual well before you continue.
Quality partitioning software will have many safeguards to protect your
system but there are still many options for which you will need to make a
choice-- better to have these choices made before you start. The better
softwares will be able to walk you through creating a dual-boot, unlike
windows whch puts all the responsibility on the user.

Good luck and post again with any progress.

Mark

 

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[Rick Rogers]

Hi Jon,

The incomplete System Restore just indicates that the restore points or the
index are likely to be corrupt, so the only solution there is to stop and
restart the service. This loses all existing restore points, so is not going
to be of much help other than getting it to run correctly again. The
partitioning work should not have affected it.

Linux setup can be used to slice off a 30GB chunk of the unallocated space
during setup, and no, you can't use SSH in a WinXP system but you can use
Remote Desktop if the host is WinXP Professional (you can access it from any
version of Windows, but the system being accessed *must* be the Professional
version).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org