[ltp] IBM Recovery CDs, partitions

[James Knott]

Michael Kaiser wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I bought a R52 last week. As I intend to have WXPP and Linux on this
> laptop, I decided to play around with some Linux live CDs.
> Unfortunately, I damaged the partition table and thje pre desktop area
> got lost. I ordered the recovery CDs yesterday, but they told me, it
> might take up to 9 day. :-( I don't want to wait that long, so I plan
> to do a "clean" partitioning beforehand and install Linux. Does this
> makes sense? Or will the recovery CDs wipe the harddrive again and my
> Linux will get lost?
> 
> Any help appreciated.

I have used the CD to reinstall XP on my R51.  There was no problem.
Just create a FAT32 primary partition, when you install Linux, to
install XP to.


However, as always, back up your data first.