[ltp] Re: how to protect rescue partition before/when dualbooting?

[Tom Roche]

Tom Roche Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:06 -0500
>> W510 shipped with Vista, vendor upgraded to W7, to be dualbooted.
>> How to preserve the rescue partition, or at least its
>> functionality, JIC something goes wrong?

James Knott Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:18:59 -0500
> There should be a utility included to create a set of "Factory
> Recovery Disks".

Hmm: I'm not seeing it in R&R 4.31 on W7. Where should I be looking?

> Also, don't worry about Linux clobbering that partition. Just shrink
> the Windows partition, using the included (optional) Disk Management
> utility.

Actually I succeeded using the GParted included with the LMDE
(Linux Mint Debian Edition) installer. I repartitioned, adding
linux partitions after the original ones (sda1=R&R, sda2=W7).
After only repartitioning, I could not access R&R via F11 @ boot,
but after installing LMDE (including GRUB) I can boot GRUB menu
item="Windows Recovery Environment" which brings up "ThinkVantage
ImageUltra 5".

Your assistance is appreciated, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>