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Predesktop area?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:48 am
by qazthinkzaq
HI,
If I delete HPA Do i have Predesktop area when i press blue button?
Best regards
Re: Predesktop area?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:48 am
by jdhurst
qazthinkzaq wrote:HI,
If I delete HPA Do i have Predesktop area when i press blue button?
Best regards
Please think about your question for a moment.
"If I delete the Predesktop area, do I still have it?"
Search here or google for Hidden Protected Area (HPA) - also known as Predesktop Area - and read up on it before deleting it.
... JDH
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:09 am
by qazthinkzaq
Sorry if its a dump question but i dont have time to resurch
HPA - contens data like windows, drivers ant ... to restor PC.
Rescue And Recoveri doesnt copy backup data to this partition so if i delete HPA partition Will I be able during startup before windows starts to press blue button and restore PC?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:21 am
by GomJabbar
Nope.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:29 am
by qazthinkzaq
If so is it posible to reduce the size of HPA without lossing predesktop environment but delete everithing els
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:47 am
by erik
no. even if the HPA partition could be shrunken, you'd only gain 1~2 GB at the most.
why not just create recovery media, buy a larger HDD, and install the HPA partition on the new drive?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:20 am
by qazthinkzaq
HPA + space for backup = very big backup
Why waste so many space?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:20 pm
by GomJabbar
qazthinkzaq wrote:HPA + space for backup = very big backup
Why waste so many space?
I don't know why you are having such difficulty accepting the knowledge of several senior members of this forum.
To begin with, the the T60 series does not even have a HPA. It has a service partition. Would a picture help?
http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... on1su1.jpg
As you can see in the picture above, there is only 476 MB of free space in this service partition - that is less than half a Gigabyte.
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:10 am
by qazthinkzaq
Thats ok 476mb but there is 3 folders miniNT and 2 others so if i can delete other 2 except miniNT i will have predesktop area and much more free space.
Is there a way to delete them?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:32 am
by qazthinkzaq
"I don't know why you are having such difficulty accepting the knowledge of several senior members of this forum"
I'm sure that those people are right
My point is - i have respect for all people in this forum you help me in many different situation
The think is that i have my T60p for about 5 months and i tried almouse everithing
This is the last thing that i figure out and i really wont to tray
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:44 am
by GomJabbar
Take a look through the following PDF document and see if that answers your questions.
IBM Rescue and Recovery Deployment GuideVersion 2.0
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:06 am
by qazthinkzaq
Thanks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:57 am
by qazthinkzaq
GomJabbar thanks again this is what i am looking for
I underestimate the app. i think partition - ok, files on it - ok, delete them then resize the partition and thats it, more space - OK
BUT its seems more complicated
All of you was right best solution is to keep service partition
However the Deplayment guide is very interesting and answers to all my questions i will read it several more times to clear the things for my self.
Best regards
