[ltp] R40 Recovery Partition

[Justin Mason]

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Tony Whitmore writes:
>Paul Kaplan wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to get at the content on the recovery partition of 
>> a new thinkpad without hosing it?  I'd like to create a CD from which I 
>> can reinstall XP if necessary, but I would rather re-claim the 4Gb of 
>> space that is used for that hidden partition.  Does just turning off the 
>> security option in the "IBM Access" area make the partition visible and 
>> therefore accessible to any NTFS capable OS?  Alternatively, who can I 
>> contact at IBM to get a real copy of an XP CD to go with my license?
>> TIA
>> Paul
>> 
>
>I know some people claim to have phoned up IBM and asked for a rescue CD 
>for their Windows partition, but it didn't work for me. I called up IBM 
>and was told that they only shipped CDs if, in the event of an attempted 
>recovery from the Rescue Area, the hard drive based system did not work. 
>I was also told that the Rescue partition was protected by the BIOS and 
>that I would not be able to damage it using either Linux or Windows 
>whilst that BIOS protection was enabled.

FWIW, I had no problem -- could be simply down to the support person
you get through to.   Also, I've heard that asking within 30 days
is the best plan...

- --j.
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