<html><body>On 23 February 2011 18:54, Steven Dobson <steve@dobbo.org> wrote:<br />> For best results, you should always use an OS-specific partition table<br />> program. For example, you should make DOS partitions with the DOS<br />> FDISK program and Linux partitions with the Linux fdisk or Linux cfdisk<br />> program.<br />><br />> So if the NTFS partition is to be shared with XP then you should really<br />> format it on the XP system.<br /><br />Okay, I shall find out how to reformat the "XP" partition using my Windows machine.<br /><br />But what about the issue of the original partition table having 1.5MB of free space at the beginning and my new table not having this?<br />Was that a red herring?<br /><br />This disk was acquired through eBay and sold as a reformatted disk by someone who seems to sell quite a few.<br /><br /><br /><br />
Best Regards,<br />Fay<br />East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />www.eglug.org.uk<br /><br /></body></html>