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> Remove GEDIT partition
SacramentoJoe
post Jul 2 2009, 10:44 PM
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the hD on my laptop died and my dad gave me one from his mac. I tried to install VISTA and I get an error about a GEDIT partition.
How can I remove this? i tried fdisk and still no go.

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High500
post Jul 3 2009, 08:30 AM
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Hi SacramentoJoe

When you first reach the target drive screen of the vista install, there should be options to delete partitions, try giving that a go, then create a new partition and install Visat

Let me know if this works

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SacramentoJoe
post Jul 3 2009, 01:08 PM
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Hi SacramentoJoe

When you first reach the target drive screen of the vista install, there should be options to delete partitions, try giving that a go, then create a new partition and install Visat

Let me know if this works

High500


I tried that and that's when I get the "GEDIT" error. Would fdisk /mbr fix this? I've deleted all partitions and re-created numerous times via fdisk, the MBR is the only thing I can think of but I'm not an expert in this area.
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hamluis
post Jul 3 2009, 04:34 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedit

How many partitions exist on this drive...that can be detected ?

Have you tried the respective correct hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic?

Hard Drive Installation and Diagnostic Tools - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic28744.html

Louis
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