partitiiong using FDISK

Message

snoopy318 · #1 Post by **snoopy318** » Mon May 31, 2004 7:37 am

hi,

all ibm laptop hard disk has now got the hidden partition and this replaced the recovery cd

in order to do partition, using partition magic 8 doesnt work, it will, but if you need to do a "restorre to factory settings" it wouldnt, as told by ibm technical support staff today

so the safest way is :
back up your data first
go to dos, do FDISK, create partition from there.
restart, press ACCESS IBM, and "restore to factory setting", you will now recovery the "factory setting" image to C:\ and D:\ will be left alone as pure data drives.

but FDISK is a complicated matter. http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page2.htm
when we come to the 2nd screenshot, do we pick 1 ?
if follow step2, will that delete our hidden partition as well ?

if the hidden partition is deleted, that means we cant restore to factory setting.

anyone can help ?
thx in advance

Zeitgeist · #2 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:32 am

I never had problems making partitions with pm8 or acronis partition expert. As long as the hpa is really "hidden", i.e. not activated in the Bios you can not delete or modify the hpa.

In any case it is wise to ask for the restore CDs.

snoopy318 · #3 Post by **snoopy318** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:39 am

yes thx zeitgeist
i just asked for one today, they r checking and calling them back 2morow

sure partition magic 8, but alot of people said, if one day you need to "restore to factory settings" when you press the ACCESS IBM blue button at startup

sure the recovery image will still work on C:\, but it will be after you delete the partitions u made with partition magic 8
so that means it makes no difference whether u made partition with partition magic 8 or not

or zeitgeist, have u actually used partition magic 8 and then u have also tried to successfully "restore to factory settings" on start up and the recovery recovers to C:\ and D:\ is not affected ?

Nabeel · #4 Post by **Nabeel** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:51 am

Did you delete the hidden partition? Return to factory won't work if that partition is gone, iirc.

I made the BIOS show the partition, and then I merged it with the main one using Partition Magic, worked fine for me.

snoopy318 · #5 Post by **snoopy318** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:41 am

Nabeel wrote:Did you delete the hidden partition? Return to factory won't work if that partition is gone, iirc.

I made the BIOS show the partition, and then I merged it with the main one using Partition Magic, worked fine for me.

i havent touched a single thing from bios or anything about the hidden partition

i of course didnt delete the partition
im doing all careful research b4 i do anything else to the ibm

so Nabeel, u r saying, u went to bios, show the partition, then use partition magic and merge that into C:\

and what happens next time when u do "restore to factory setting" ?

Zeitgeist · #6 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:18 am

Yes, I restored the system to the factory settings after I have created an additional partition. Only the first partition was recovered. However, I had difficulties to recover data from the D partition.

I suggest that you install Rapid Restore 4.0

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-54501

a VERY useful recovery software.

partitiiong using FDISK

partitiiong using FDISK

Who is online