I've seen lots of disks with extra partitions for manufacturer stuff. But usually it's a simple matter to just ignore it and toss in a newly copied hard drive.
I guess what I'm saying is this explanation doesn't make sense to me. Do you have a link for further reading? Or is this just another reason not to use Acronis? PS Yes, there are still a few people on this list that like to talk about computers. For now. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Jack<jwz...@gmail.com> wrote: > In case anybody was wondering, I did figure out what I did wrong with the > 100->500GB disk upgrade. > > The original disk in a Dell notebook came with a host protected area (HPA). > Dell uses this area to store extra features, which in this case was Media > Direct. > > The cloning process (Acronis True-Image) duplicates track 0, which includes > code in LBA-3 that exposes the Media Direct package when requested. > However, the cloning process does not copy the contents of the HPA. > > The result is that the OS reports that there is HPA beginning at about > 95GB. This is a boot-up BIOS feature that occurs in both Windows and > Linux. When the new disk is booted, only the first 90-plus GB are seen, and > the rest (400GB or so) are behind the HPA. > > The solution is to zap LBA-3, the sector that contains the HPA > activation/exposure jump address. If this is zero, the system sees no HPA, > and all is fine. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
