[ltp] Partitioning - how to keep IBM recovery partition active?

[Jeffrey L. Taylor]

Quoting James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>:
> Jiang Qian wrote:
> > I found the instruction that comes with my recovery CDs and it said the 
> > recovery cd will remove *all data on all partition*. Do people know for 
> > sure that recovering from hidden partition allow you to recover only to 
> > first NTFS partition?
> > Thanks a lot.
> 
I have done a re-install of WinXP from the recovery partition 4-5
times with no damage to the Linux partition.  This is on a T41.  I
have no recovery CDs, so do not speak to that case.

Jeffrey