<snip> > > I realized I might not need gparted, fdisk might be able to do it. I > could try to set /dev/sda[12] to type 17 (hidden HPFS/NTFS) -- I just > tried it with the (empty) NTFS partition on /dev/sda3. Question: > changing a partition's type shouldn't alter any of its data, should > it? > > Thks again, > > Andre > No the XP partition should be type 7. -- ======================================================================= skldfjkljklsR%^&(IXDRTYju187pkasdjbasdfbuil h;asvgy8p 23r1vyui135 2 kmxsij90TYDFS$$b jkzxdjkl bjnk ;j nk;<[][;-==-<<<<<';[, [hjioasdvbnuio;buip^&(FTSD$%*VYUI:buio;sdf}[asdf'] sdoihjfh(_YU*G&F^*CTY98y Now look what you've gone and done! You've broken it! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx