-> ->         I have this new Thinkpad with 4 USB ports and they are seen in
-> ->   the BIOS, when starting from an ERD. I was able to FDISK the dead HD
-> ->   connected to the USB to FAT 32. Before, I would have to instal the
-> ->   dead drive in a system as Master on IDE 0 and the FDISK always saw
-> ->   it. Now why is Wayne C.'s HD not visible to FDISK in this same
-> ->   circumstances ?

-> He must of messed it up with some Funny LINUX stuff in hte MBR that Win
-> dosne't see.

Nope, Linux fdisk worked just fine with all partitions seen fine.
It was only upon loading the OEM Windows software disk
it went bad.
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