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    Recovery Partition...can it be copied?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Locke Weltall, Jul 31, 2007.

  1. Locke Weltall

    Locke Weltall Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    I had just used Acronis TrueImage to copy the 40GB HDD from my T40 to a much newer 100 GB HDD, but it only copied the main partition. I know there is a hidden recovery partition, but how would I go about copying it? It's way outdated, but it beats buying a new copy of XP Pro is something goes horribly wrong.

    Locke
     
    Locke Weltall, Jul 31, 2007
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  2. TPA

    TPA Notebook Evangelist

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    I used ghost to clone mine. During the selection process I had to choose the partitions off the first drive to clone onto the second. If you do not choose both partitions, or if it does not give you an opportunity to choose (the hidden partition was hidden from acronis. In my case it was not hidden from ghost.) then it will only clone the main partition.
     
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  3. bradmw

    bradmw Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone know if it's possible to clone/restore the recovery partition using only common linux tools?
     
    bradmw, Jul 31, 2007
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  4. the_passenger

    the_passenger Notebook Geek

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    ubuntu 7.04 livecd doesnt boot w/ the T61. I tried.
     
    the_passenger, Jul 31, 2007
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  5. hypertrophy

    hypertrophy Notebook Evangelist

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    You have to change the drive in the BIOS to Compatibility mode from SATA. When my friend was helping me test my system with Ubuntu, he had the same problem at first.
     
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  6. bradmw

    bradmw Notebook Enthusiast

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    my gentoo 2007.0 liveusb booted on my x61s, but i updated the bios to v1.06. i think i'll try dd'ing the MBR and the recovery partition somewhere, and then dd them back to restore.
     
    bradmw, Jul 31, 2007
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  7. pragnanzer

    pragnanzer Newbie

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    I use Paragon Drive Backup to image my drive. The software will show you the hidden partition and supposedly also allow you to backup the partition (that's what i did, although I have not yet had a need to perform a restore).

    http://www.drive-backup.com/home/personal/

    I don't know whether the trial version will work for you. I vaguely remember that the trial version works for 30 days.
     
    pragnanzer, Jul 31, 2007
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    the_passenger Notebook Geek

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    I did and it boot up but then could not see anything on the screen except the wallpaper.
     
    the_passenger, Jul 31, 2007
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