Thanks for the advice, MudCrab. (Love that name, by the way!) I'm totally unfamiliar with Vista's disk management tools, but will take a look as...
This is very frustrating. I've more completely documented my problems in this thread, http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=173205 ......
My new laptop came with vista preinstalled on it. As a *nix user, my first impulse was to just wipe the drive and install Linux on it, but then...
I see no one's replied. :( I had the same error, and after 'ignoring' it--and the multiple others that came up afterwards--my drive was...
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