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    M11x No recovery Partition!!??

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Sephtor, May 13, 2010.

  1. Sephtor

    Sephtor Newbie

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    Hey guys

    I bought the m11x from Bestbuy and was surprised to find that it didnt have a recovery partition. I could only see 218GB harddisc. I was curious about that as my HD is supposed to be 250GB. Am i not seeing the Recovery partition?? Whats up?

    i am attaching images to how my computer screen looks like.

    Your help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you once again

    -Seph
     

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  2. RAQemUP

    RAQemUP Notebook Evangelist

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    Go to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management.

    This will show you your drive and its partitions. Your recovery partition is probably hidden to prevent it's deletion through means other then intentionally removing it.
     
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  3. denogun

    denogun Notebook Consultant

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    There are 2 types of NTFS partitions,
    Type 07: HPFS - NTFS as well as
    Type 17: hid. HPFS/NTFS (hid. = hidden)

    recovery partitions are usually marked as type 17 to prevent the average user from formatting their recovery partitions or messing with them.
     
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    Sephtor Newbie

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    ohh COOL. thank you guys so much. I was freaking out cos ive read so much about people losing thier recovery partition. I use it the same way by pressing f8 right?? i should probably make a back up of the factory settings...
     
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