Re: Slow Win2k after Debian install
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 19:43, Kourosh Ghassemieh wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:30:47PM +0100, jerry k wrote:
> > Kourosh wrote:
> >
> > > One thing you may want to try is to use W2K's disk management
> > > tools to delete the last partitioan, i.e. G:, then reboot
> > > so that it is no longer recognized as drive G: in Windows.
> > > That should clear up the problem with Explorer trying to
> > > read the G: drive.
> >
> > This won't affect the debian data on G:? I'll try it after the base
> > install. It's very annoying having to deal with this kind of thing from
> > windows, i guess it knows i'm trying to ditch it and is playing the jealous
> > lover (stalker, more like!)
> >
> > Thank's!
> >
> > Jerry
>
> Back up your data before deleting partitions!!!
>
> I'm sure there is a way to tell Windows to ignore an already created partition
> by editing the registry but I don't know how.
>
> My suggestion to delete the partition in W2K _will_ cause all data to be erased
> and will require a re-install of Debian.
You don't need to edit the registry.
Simply use Disk Manager (right-click My Computer->Manage, Logical disk
manager service) to remove the drive letter from drive G:.
This process will not affect the data on the partition.
Regards
Peter.
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