[ltp] Partially killed my TP: Quick question, hopefully someone has a quick answer...

[John Morris]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Bill Mair wrote:

> Now my question, when I switch on the laptop, it has this IBM
> restore thingy.
> 
> Will the IBM recovery process installed on a Thinkpad A22P ... :
> 
> [X] A. only restores the windows "C" partition (format C:) and leaves my
>        linux alone.
> 
> [ ] B. will repartion the whole disk (fdisk) thus leaving me gasping for
>        air.
> 
> [ ] C. will cause some kind of natural disaster if connected to the internet
>        during the process.
> 
> [ ] D. nobody knows because no one has ever dared to try it.
> 
> [ ] E. none of the above (please supply details below):

At least it does on an A30p and the older recovery process on my 570E also 
left Linux alone.

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