OK, what's the easiest way to get the drive geometry? »

You said 'Presumably, you've got a PC that already dual-boots Linux and Windows, so if you do, you can skip this section entirely'. Then you say 'Edit the second RW line and the lines with sectors, heads, and cylinders, replacing the values in the file with the values you determined from the gparted session earlier. Save the file and exit. I already have a dual boot so can I skip that section or not? Sean »