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From: TheDuck <smpc@aloha.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Reclaiming disk space
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 14:09:30 -1000
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I've given up on installing FreeBSD, so sue me, but I've decided to give
Linux a shot. Anyway, my problem now is that I used FIPS to resize my
partition table, and lost about 400 MB in the process! I can't get it
back, either through DOS fdisk, or FIPS. I really don't want to have to
back up my hard disk, and format. I saw in another post that I could use
fdisk /mbr to recreate the Boot Record, but will this cause any problems
with Win95? And will it solve my problem?