[ltp] [newbie] pre desktop area

[Nick Bower]

Too many I thinks here for me considering the stakes. :\

If I erased Windows, have Linux but saved the HPA (it can be mounted
from within Linux), is it the case that I can make a blank partition at
the start of the disk and restore windows?  In other words, will the HPA
restore blitz all of hda or only hda1?

The guy I asked at IBM wouldn't/couldn't answer this question.  I'd like
to know if anyone has definite experience here restoring from HPA
without.

Cheers, Nick.

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 11:38, honey@gneek.com wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Eben King wrote:
> 
> > I think so.  I've never dealt with the Recovery CD, but it _might_ restore
> > the HPA as well as hda1 if you use it.
> 
> The opposite I think - the Recovery CD puts the HPA on a blank disk -
> you can then restore XP into hda1 using the standard procedure (and
> it will respect any size constraint you put on that partition).