[ltp] Re: Remove hidden partitions

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:20:51 -0400

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I just read on the archive that you can ask IBM to send you recovery CDs so=
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you dont need that hidden partition... this message was 3 years old on the=
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archive, is that true nowadays? Anybody tried this in Spain?

Jaime

2005/8/18, Jaime Iniesta <capitanplaneta@gmail.com>:
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> OK, so you know I'm trying to clone the hard drive on my TP to a second=
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> Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=E1n planeta
> email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com
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> webs: http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/=20

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Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=E1n planeta
email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com
jabber: capitanplaneta ARROBA jabberes PUNTO org
webs: http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/

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I just read on the archive that you can ask IBM to send you recovery
CDs so you dont need that hidden partition... this message was 3 years
old on the archive, is that true nowadays? Anybody tried this in Spain? 
 
Jaime <div>2005/8/18, Jaime Iniesta &lt;=
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OK, so you know I'm trying to clone the hard drive on my TP to a second
hard drive, just to put Windows where it deserves to be, on a secondary
hard drive, and use the primary hard drive to install Linux. 
 
So, when I finish cloning the original hard drive and everything is OK,
my plan is installing Ubuntu on the first drive. I think that the
Ubuntu installer asks you if you want to erase all the existing
partitions and create new ones, which is what I want to do to remove
the Windows partition and that hidden one, and use 100% of the drive
for Ubuntu. 
 
But... I wonder if that hidden partition is write protected some way,
maybe on BIOS? If that is the case, what should I do to be able to
erase the whole drive? 
 
I still wonder why IBM decided to waste space on the drive instead of
supplying a CD with the Windows installer. Do you think that hidden
partition is any good? -- Jaime Iniesta A=
KA Capit=E1n planeta email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com jab=
ber: capitanplaneta ARROBA jabberes PUNTO org webs: <a href=3D"http://ca=
pitanplaneta.blogspot.com/" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.Open=
ExtLink(window,event,this)">

http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/</a>

</span></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br><br>Jaime Iniesta AKA Capit=E1=
n planeta<br>email: capitanplaneta ARROBA gmail PUNTO com<br>jabber: capita=
nplaneta ARROBA jabberes PUNTO org<br>webs: <a href=3D"http://capitanplanet=
a.blogspot.com/">
http://capitanplaneta.blogspot.com/</a>

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