[ltp] linux on my T43p

[Pino Giaquinto]

If I create a CD/DVD set using Rescue and Recovery software... can I 
recovery ALL content of my HD (XP partition, Predesktop Area, MBR, etc... )?
I don't know RnR... never used!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grasshopper" <marigold.6352@gol.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] linux on my T43p


> On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 15:39 +0200, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
>> Now there is still Windows XP on my T43p :-(
>> If I set in my BIOS 'Predesktop Area' to Normal, Secure or Disable... I 
>> see
>> (using linux fdisk) the same amount of cylinders (10337), heads (240) and
>> sectors (63)!
>> My disk is 80 GB with just 1 partition: /dev/hda1 (bootable).
>> I not see others partitions!
>> Besides... if I press 'Access IBM' button on boot, Rescue and Recovery
>> starts...
> I am no expert, but if Rescue and Recovery starts that indicates that
> you still have your 'predesktop area' is still available.
>
>> The questions are:
>> 1) is there still the hidden area/partition on my HD or have I lost it?
> No you have not lost it.  Read Igor V. Rafienko's mail again.  He
> suggest that you should make copies of the factory state before you do
> anything else. I would definitely agree with him.
>
> I'm not sure about Debian, but I know that under SuSE install you will
> be given the option of keeping the IBM section or you can toast it.
>
> Sometime last year I decided to wipe MS and IBM completely, and install
> SuSE 10.  A few weeks later, I had to install XP again.  I tried using
> the IBM cd which I had bought from IBM; they were very expensive.
>
> They did not work. I had an old XP cd from a gateway I used to have, and
> decided to give it a try.  It actually worked.  I installed xp and then
> put in the first IBM rescue and recovery and I was back in business.
>
>> 2) if I have lost the content of this area, and if I write on MBR... and
>> tomorrow I want to re-install just Windows XP... can then still use 
>> 'Access
>> IBM' button to start Rescue and Recovery?
>> 3) Where can I  find a MBR image from internet?
>>
>> Please help me... I wish to install Linux on my notebook!
>
> Best.
>
> Grasshopper
>
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