Partition problems

[Stephen Coates]

I actually created the partition using Gparted prior to installing Windows, so Windows shouldn't have messed with it.

I have never seen any need to install Windows on the first partition. I have had Windows on other partitions plenty of times in the past and it hasn't caused any problems. Only thing I have never tried is installing it in a Logical partition. I set my partitions up so that all Linux and data stuff was in Logical partitions, leaving 3 primary partitions available for Windows/DOS stuff.

What seems odd is that I am having so much trouble recovering my partitions with TestDisk etc.

[Edit: My 1500th post ]