On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, peter wu wrote: > Thank you again, Thom. > > I tried it. But when I did that, I got the following msg: > > dd: writing '/dev/sda': No space left on device > 3+0 records in > 2+0 records out > > After PartitionMagic screwed up the partition, all partitions for Linux seem to have zero unused space, i.e., everything apears to be used. e.g., > > Partition Type Size MB Used MB Unused MB > Local Disk (C:) NTFS 106,900.0 30,149.0 76,760.0 > (*) Extended 42,821.7 42,821.7 0.0 > Local Disk (*) NTFS 4,996.7 27.2 4,969.5 > Local Disk (*) Linux Ext3 27,956.8 27,956.8 0.0 > Local Disk (*) Linux Ext3 200.3 300.3 0.0 > ... If you ask it, will partition magic remove your linux partitions? Have you tried booting with something like Knoppix that does not actually need the hard drive? -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death