-> KH>Wayne, try an FDISK replacement called AEFDISK. Using it, I was able to
-> KH>get an older drive recognized (delete/remake MBR) after utilities like
-> KH>"Zap" and "Wipe" and "Debug"
failed to recognize it. It's shareware, but
-> KH>only a couple of quite esoteric functions (batch setups, etc.) are
-> KH>disabled. It should come up quickly in Google, but, if it doesn't, I
-> KH>could email you a copy (it's tiny, and puts FDISK to shame). For my last
-> KH>few setups, it's been my partition table tool of choice.

-> And just HOW does he get that one Included on his HP OEM Install CD so
-> it wil be Used instead of teh MS version of FDISK?????

Heh.
That one I'd like an answer to.
MicroSloth has lost me as a user precisely for their monoplistic and
paranoid activation schemes.

Why must they overwrite the MBR to install their software?
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