Updated: 29 March 2006

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My Desktop Partition Table - 29 March 2006

#	Use / Name	Code	Type	Start Cylinder	End Cylinder	Size/kb
	Disk 1
	Master Boot Record			0/0/1	0/0/1
	Unused			0/0/2	0/254/63
	Caldera DRDOS7.03	0x04	FAT16 (<32M)	0/1/1	12	100MB
4	CD Music	0x0C	FAT-32 LBA	13	1257	1,000,462
	Free			1258	3241	15,936,480


	Windows XP 14	0x07	NT NTFS	3242	4984	14,000,647
	Windows XP 13	0x07	NT NTFS	4985	6727	14,000,647
	Data 11	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	6728	8221	12,000,555
	Windows XP 12 Trial	0x07	NT NTFS	8222	9964	14,000,647
	Windows XP 11	0x07	NT NTFS	9965	11707	14,000,647
>1	Windows XP 10 Main	0x07	NT NTFS	11708	13450	14,000,647
2	Data 10 Main	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	13451	14944	12,000,555
	Boot Manager	0xF0	Boot Manager	14945	14945

	Disk 2
	Master Boot Record			0/0/1	0/0/1
	Unused			0/0/2	0/254/63
	Data 12	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	1	1494	12,000,555
1	Archive1	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	1495	2366	7,004,340
2	Archive2	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	2367	4034	13,398,210

	Data 13	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	4035	5528	12,000,555
	Windows XP 15	0x07	NT NTFS	5529	7271	14,000,647
3	Windows Swap	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	7272	7474	1,630,597
	Boot Manager	0xF0	Boot Manager	7475	7475

Configuration

Disk	Num	Type	Location	What you see
Disk1	1>	NT NTFS	@11708	C: Windows XP 10
Disk1	2	FAT32 LBA	@13451	D: Data 10
	3
Disk1	4	FAT-32 LBA	@13	E: Music
Disk2	5	FAT-32 LBA	@1495	F: Archive1
Disk2	6	FAT-32 LBA	@2367	G: Archive2
Disk2	7	FAT32 LBA	@7272	H: Windows Swap

My Laptop Partition Table - 29 March 2006

#	Use / Name	Code	Type	Start Cylinder	End Cylinder	Size/kb
	Disk 1
	Master Boot Record			0/0/1	0/0/1

1	Compaq Diagnostics		?	0/1/1	318	2,562,336

>2	Windows XP 1	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	319	1937	13,004,617
3	Data 1	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	1938	2933	8,000,370
	Spacer		FAT16	2934	2935	16,065

	Windows XP 2	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	2936	4554	13,004,617
	Data 2	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	4555	5550	8,000,370
	Spacer		FAT16	5551	5552	16,065

	Windows XP original (original Acer install shrunk)	0x0C	FAT32 LBA	5553	6424	7,004,340

4	Extended		Extended LBA	6425	9727	26,531,347
	CD Music		FAT32 LBA	6425 /1/1	6549	1,004,031
	Extended
	Archive 1		FAT32 LBA	6550 /1/1	7421	7,004,308
	Extended
	Archive 2		FAT32 LBA	7422 /1/1	9102	13,502,601

	Unused			9103	9727	5,020,312


	Boot Manager	0xF0	Boot Manager	9728	9728	8,032

Configuration

Disk	Num	Type	Location	What you see

Disk1	2	FAT32 LBA	@319	C: XP
Disk1	3	Data 1	@1938	D: Data
Disk 1	4	Extended	@6425	E:

External Drive Partition Table - 29 March 2006

#	Use / Name	Code	Type	Start Cylinder	End Cylinder	Size/kb
	Disk 1
	Master Boot Record			0/0/1	0/0/1


	Unused			0/0/2	3,362	27,013,297

1	Extended LBA			3,363	15,812	1000,004,625
	Unused
	Data 30 (desktop backup)	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	3,364	4,857	12,000,555
	Data 31 (laptop backup)	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	4,859	5,854	8,000,370
	Extended
	Unused
	Archive 1	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	5,855	6,727	7,004,340
	Extended
	Unused
	Archive 2	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	6,729	8,396	13,398,210
	Extended
	Unused
	CD Music	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	8,398	8,522	1,004,062
	Extended
	Unused
	Data Archive	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	8,524	15,812	58,548,861


2	Archive 3	0x0C	FAT 32 LBA	15,813	19,455	29,262,397







	Boot Manager			19,456	19,456	8,032

Configuration

Disk	Num	Type	Location	What you see

How to Reinstate RPM after installing Windows

If you install Windows onto a partition to test something, as I did recently, when you come to reboot into your normal partition you'll suddenly have that sinking feeling, and realise what you've done. Yes, Windows obliterates the RPM boot system when it's installed. Now, there's a very simple way to reinstate RPM without retyping everything, but you have to know the sneaky system. It's not obvious, so my advice is, keep this explanation on paper where you can find it. You can't get to it on your computer, can you !

Put the RPM floppy in & reboot your computer and press the 'delete' key to go into the BIOS
Change the boot sequence to check the floppy drive first. Save and exit to reboot with the floppy
Run RPM243
Set the Master Boot Record (MBR) to Boot Manager:
- On the MBR line press 'enter' to go to the details window bottom right
- Press 'space' on 'MBR Execute Code' to select 'Boot Manager'
- Cursor down one to 'Boot Interface Type' and press 'space' to get 'Text 25x80'
- Press 'esc' to leave that window
Set the last cylinder to 'Boot Manager' (0xF0)
- Move to the bottom empty partition with 'cursor down'
- Press 'INS' and select 'Boot Manager' (0x0F) using the cursor down and 'enter'
- Change 'Start Cyl' & 'End Cyl' to the last whole cylinder on the disk
Don't press F2 to save. This is very important. If you do you'll have to type all the partition details in by hand.
Press F7. This recreates your partition table, but you can't see it yet.
Remove the floppy & reboot and set the BIOS back to booting from the hard drive first You should see everything back. Now you can adjust it to your needs.