File System Type

[Anthony Yarusso]

Richard E. Barmann wrote:
> Is there a way to chnge a file system type "Unknown Partition Type 0x8" to 
> a "windows NTFS" type? I have reinstalled WindowsXP several times on my 
> second (slave) driveand instead of loading as a windows NTFS as I choose it 
> shows up as "extended3" and will not boot from grub.
>   
I remember having to do something like this to make my recovery
partition work.  I believe it involved running the fdisk utility and
using the "t" option to assign the type.  Once I did that and rebooted
all was well.  (Unfortunately fdisk is not the most user friendly tool
ever.)

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