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    Windows Disk Management screen recognises Linux partitions

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Quackers, Feb 16, 2011.

  1. Quackers

    Quackers Notebook Guru

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    But sadly, as all primary partitions!
    According to Windows disk management I now have 6 primary partitions on my first hard drive and 5 primarys on my second hard drive.
    As I'm sure you know already, this is an impossibility on an mbr partitioned drive!
    Beware!
     
    Quackers, Feb 16, 2011
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    Screenshots both with disk management and gparted.
     

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  3. debguy

    debguy rip dmr

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    I'd send a bug report (severity: "rc" - apparently no source code available) to MS including a suggestion to replace the defective disk management tool with gparted. ;)
     
    debguy, Feb 17, 2011
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    I've noticed that myself and also say (for the millionth time) it's pretty darned SORRY that desktop windows can't read those partitions in the first place! /rant
    :cool:
     
    theZoid, Feb 17, 2011
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    Very poor indeed!
    MS must know about this, but with the recent trend of supplying new systems with all 4 primary partitions used up, I wonder if a conspiracy is afoot. Probably!
     
    Quackers, Feb 17, 2011
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    you bet there is.....remember the old "DOS ain't done till Lotus won't run"
     
    theZoid, Feb 17, 2011
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    No idea if this could be called a conspiracy, but MS is definitely trying to block other OSes. Why else would they overwrite MBRs without prompting or only deliver drivers for 3 file systems?
    This would be considered to be a mayor failure if any other OS vendor would do that.
     
    debguy, Feb 18, 2011
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    Darned straight it would be !! Maybe we should all file bug reports to MS that linux file systems aren't properly recognized?
     
    theZoid, Feb 21, 2011
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