This approach did not work. I got the same error as my first post, so once again I had to restore everything from backup.
A Linux live CD might help you in this situation. At least you can try for free. Linux does have a fdisk, but it is not like DOS's fdisk. Someone...
I now use Win2000+SP4+RU1+etc. which I plan to keep for the foreseeable future. I wanted to add XP+SP2 (the SP pre-bundled on the original CD)....
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