Thanks for the dump,

My fdisk says that your first partition is typed as a "Del Utility" "0xDE".


What does a "Del Utility" do !!!!


I'm not sure how to interpret that, but its' got my __antenna__ up.

I would be very reluctant to delete/move it, with out knowing just what it __does___. Your vendor should be able to inform on that.

Your second partition is typed for a "ntfs" system "0x07".

The table looks fine to me, except for the "Del" thing ???, and having both partitions set "active".

The start/stop cylinders look ok ...

You have both partitions set "active" though,

>>
1 0x80
2 0x80
>>

You should only require one. Use fdisk or cfdisk to turn hda1 off, and leave hda2 as is.

In cfdisk, jut use the edit keys to highlight the first partition, then highlight the "[Bootable]" option at the bottom of your screen. Key <enter> to toggle that flag. Then save the changes.


If that fails, just reverse it. Set the first active, and toggle the second off. But that would seem a bit strange to me.


As you had a Linux on that disk, you probably have some unused free space now. cfdisk should show that as well.


jm