Fw: Any IBM Experts.....

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx>]

You only NEED it if you want to get it to the state of a pre-install. YOu
could always start from scracth yourself, and add the utilities from the
web site.

I personally would annihilate it as soon as I got it.

G.

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"James,Daniel" <Daniel.James@xxxxxxx>
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So does it *need* the hidden partition.. I'm thinking that if the HDD 
fails,
then I've lost the lot... :-(

Daniel

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From: Gareth Cook [mailto:g@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 December 2002 14:04
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You should have a recovery cd in the package - that uses that hidden 
partition.

You could always just remove it and claim back the space.

G.

Gareth Cook 
Technical Consultant 
IBM Early Deployment
Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
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"James,Daniel" <Daniel.James@xxxxxxx>
Today 13:35

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Hi all

We have a new arrival in our house today  - a new laptop........
:-)

I was supprise however that we didn't get any recovery media with it. 
(it
came  from Insight, and came with XP Professional on a pre install) -
Is
this now normal? - In the old days IBM used to give a recovery CD with 
their
machines.

The other odd thing, is that the laptop has an unknown 1GB partition 
called
IBM_Service, which cannot be accessed, I presume contains all the
install
data? - any ideas how I get access to this to see what it contains?

I am keen to make a drive backup before I install anything on it, but 
cannot
see how I can get to this hidden partition

Does anyone have any ideas?

Many thanks

Daniel


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