Partition

ahajv4life

ahajv4life

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Ok, I've tried Partition magic to partition so that I can install Linux. But whenever I reboot in order for the partition to take hold, the program always says there's too many errors, and so it stops. So, I need ideas/ways to make this partition happen.
 
Is it possible you lost some system files during partitioning. Hope you did defragment and back-up before partitioning.

I would go ahead and first try to install Linux and see if it works. Actually a linux live CD would even be better than install for checking. Once on Live CD, you can

Code: 
badblocks /dev/hdaX
(X being a number)
 
duane534 said:
What distro are you using? All the new ones have partition tools built in.
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Am using Ubuntu Breezy 5.10 (installed oh HDD). But I think the Live Ubuntu has G (or QT)Parted, Knoppix has QTParted, etc.

Also, you may try to fix the disk by using

Code: 
chkdsk /F

after booting from a Windows bootable disk/CD (I hope chkdsk is available in bootable disk)
 
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