Hi Aaron, On 8/11/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <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. Sorry, I guess I didn't express myself right. I just tried setting /dev/sda3 as type 17 to see if messing with it would be trivial. What I was asking was if it would work with my "live" Linux partitions (/dev/sda[12]). I'll try it tomorrow, after backing up what I've installed so far. Thks again, Andre
