[TRLog] repartitioning

Thomas M. Schaefer Thomas M. Schaefer" <ny4i@arrl.net
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 08:53:19 -0600


On my Dell, I had a 16MB FAT Partition. More than enough to hold TR and a
big log file. Check your drive with Disk Administrator...you may luck out
and already have one.



Tom NY4I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Flynn" <fflynn@adelphia.net>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:06 PM
Subject: [TRLog] repartitioning


>
> Do a back up first!  By this I mean back up *anything* that you might
> want to keep, just in case.  If you lose a FAT, you lose everything
> on your drive.  I use a tape drive for backup.
>
> Too bad Mickeysoft is trying to pretend that Dos never existed.
>
>
> > Real simple fix...
> >
> > Make a partition on the drive that has enough room as a FAT partition
(in
> > case you have NTFS already...you will have to start over - or use
Partition
> > Magic) Many laptops have a small FAT partition depending on the
> > manufacturer. Put TR on the FAT partition. Make a boot floppy and the
FAT
> > partition should be drive C. I think that will do it.
>
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