[ltp] Partition Magic/Partition-It/Fips & Win XP

[Kristjan Onu]

It's not obvious to me how getting recovery CDs is a substitute for a
second HDD or partitioning software. With the recovery CDs I was sent
for an A31p, I could only reformat the _entire_ HDD and then install
XP.

Is it possible to separate these two steps? Can the recovery CDs
be used to reformat only portions of the HDD? Using the CDs I received
(IBM P/N 01R5301 and IBM P/N 01R5302) I didn't see how this could be
done.

Kristjan

PS. With regards to partitioning software, is there free software that
allows resizing XP-type NTFS partitions? When I looked, I couldn't
find anything (and decided Paragon's Partition Manager was "best".)

D. Sen wrote (on Tue, Jul  2 at 18:48):
> Excellent. Just ordered the recovery CD for the T30.
> 
> Thanks for the second hard drive idea.
> 
> DS
> Rob Mayoff wrote:
> >+---------- On Jul 2, D. Sen said:
> >
> >>Getting a second Hard Drive is an excellent idea. (I have a 10 Gig Hard
> >>drive from a TP600 from ages ago that I could use). Any idea how I could
> >>copy over the hidden partition that contains the backup preinstall data?
> >
> >
> >Not really.  I ordered the recovery CDs for my A30p from IBM, and they
> >didn't charge me (not even for shipping).

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