[vox-tech] aborted XP install kills linux

[Rick Moen]

Quoting HARRISK@sbcglobal.net (HARRISK@sbcglobal.net):

> I recently lent my computer to a friend while I was 
> out of town.  He decided that I really needed Windows 
> XP on one of my unused partitions.  Thankfully, before 
> he finished installing, he also decided that he 
> probably shouldn't be installing something like XP on 
> my computer without telling me.  From what I gather, 
> he got to the part where the installer asked him what 
> partition to install on before he stopped.  He 
> reformatted one of my partitions FAT16 before quitting.

When will the burial service be held?  For your friend, if not for your
filesystem's data?  ;->

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