On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:28:23 -0500
Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun November 30 2008, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > Check the partition type of the hidden partition. `fdisk -l <device>'
> > should tell you that. It is probably set to empty or hidden or something
> > similar.
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1           8       64228+  de  Dell Utility
> /dev/sda2   *           9       13661   109667722    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3           38308       38913     4867695   db  CP/M / CTOS / ...
> 
> it is /dev/sda3 and when I mount it in linux using:
> mount /dev/sda3 /media/sda3  ( created /media/sda3 first)
> 
> here is an ls -l:
> total 160
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1871 2005-07-07 21:34 autoexec.bat
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2004-05-17 03:49 bat
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 bin
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 56403 2005-12-01 20:53 command.com
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   117 2004-05-17 03:49 config.sys
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 29343 2005-12-01 20:53 dellbio.bin
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32058 2005-12-01 20:53 dellrmk.bin
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2004-05-17 03:49 img
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 src1
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 src2
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 src3
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 src4
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2006-12-27 21:28 src5
> 
> 

Don't know where this thread started, so sorry if I'm off topic, but most
laptop manufacturers today stopped shipping rescue/driver cds and instead they
leave a hidden partition with the windows installation files on it for system
restore.

It's usually at the start of the disk, but it looks like they stuck it on the
end on your computer. I'm guessing that they initial partition is to handle the
rescue button to give you a menu what you want to load.

If you will never want to restore you system to windows you can dump it,
otherwise you can just leave it there.


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