Repartitioning and the service partition

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mobilepilot · #1 Post by **mobilepilot** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:35 pm

I've a new T42p. I want to shrink the system partition and create an extended partition with two logical drives, one for VMWare disks and the other for data. Since I also intend to retain the hidden Service partition, I want to be sure that repartitioning will not prevent access to it via the Access IBM key?

This post here seems to indicate I may not be able to have access to it:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 7b152509de

I'd like to hear from anyone who's done something similar. Thanks.

kevinh · #2 Post by **kevinh** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:16 pm

You shouldn't have any problems. I've used Partition Magic 8.0 to shrink the C: partition and create additional new partitions, without losing access to the Recovery partition.

Kevin

mobilepilot · #3 Post by **mobilepilot** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:15 pm

Thanks Kevin.

skuehne · #4 Post by **skuehne** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:37 pm

I've been in exactly the same situation. The details are here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=7661

PartionMagic works fine for creating an extra partition and does not interfere with the hidden service partition. But you'll need to restore the MBR to make the blue IBM Access button work again.

Sven

mobilepilot · #5 Post by **mobilepilot** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:48 pm

Ah! Thanks for the link to the utility. I don't have a floppy drive so I'll need a bootable USB key. I've made one before so it shouldn't be a problem.

Am I the only one who wonders why IBM still expects us to use floppy drives when they ship out systems without them?

skuehne · #6 Post by **skuehne** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:13 pm

mobilepilot wrote:Am I the only one who wonders why IBM still expects us to use floppy drives when they ship out systems without them?

USB sticks work just as well. I'd used my USB floppy drive maybe half a dozen times in more than 5 years. Basically only for 'emergencies' and updates ...

Sven

mobilepilot · #7 Post by **mobilepilot** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:36 am

I finally got round to repartitioning the disk today using the freeware partition magic clone qtparted. I highly recommmend qtparted by the way.
Access to the service partition was completely unaffected. I did not need the repair utility afterall.

Zeitgeist · #8 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:05 am

mobilepilot wrote:Ah! Thanks for the link to the utility. I don't have a floppy drive so I'll need a bootable USB key. I've made one before so it shouldn't be a problem.

Would you mind to post the instructions how to create a bootable USB key including the IBM utility?

Thanks a lot!

Repartitioning and the service partition

Repartitioning and the service partition

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