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    S: drive question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MaX PL, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. MaX PL

    MaX PL Notebook Deity

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    So I'm planning on wiping my whole HDD clean. I want to get rid of all my partitions including the S: partition.

    Now my question is, if I were to remove this S: partition and later wanted to reinstall Windows Vista using the dvds i created, would this system recovery (S: ) partition be placed back onto my HDD or would it permanently be gone?

    I'm assuming its part of the dvds and will simply get installed, but i want to make sure before I wipe my whole HDD for Windows 7.
     
    MaX PL, Jan 8, 2009
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    It would be permanently gone, the Lenovo Vista DVD doesn't recreate the SR partition.

    Personally, I deleted mine too.

    :)
     
    stewie, Jan 8, 2009
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  3. MaX PL

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    so the S: is the bootloader for the lenovo vista discs? deleting it would mean that i could not boot into vista right?
     
    MaX PL, Jan 8, 2009
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  4. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Save as in save a script of the current partition scheme. That way, in the future to have the information, should you need it.

    Renee
     
    Renee, Jan 8, 2009
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  5. lenardg

    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    At least for me the S: drive was a boot drive for Vista itself, and did not have anything to do with the restore discs. My hard drive had 3 partitions (before I erased them all and did a clean install): one hidden one which contains the restore, the C: drive which was the actual system partition and S: which was a boot partition.

    So deleting it would prevent you from booting your Vista, but should not affect the actual restore partition.
     
    lenardg, Jan 9, 2009
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  6. bananaman

    bananaman Notebook Consultant

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    I believe the S: partition is there so that you can use Vista's BitLocker.

    If you reload Vista and the S: partition is not re-created, you can run Microsoft's BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool to re-create it.

    BitLocker is included with Vista Ultimate, Vista Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008.
     
    bananaman, Jan 9, 2009
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  7. WW2

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    I restored Vista on my T400 yesterday. I had previously deleted the partitions off the drive. Using the Lenovo factory DVDs, the S: and Q: partitions were both put back.
     
    WW2, Jan 9, 2009
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  8. lenardg

    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Mine came with Vista Business and still had the S: partition. I wonder how many people upgrade via anytime upgrade to Ultimate and install BitLocker after that?

    Seems kind of pointless to include the S: drive, because I think the answer to my question is a very small number. And if you would clean install Ultimate or Enterprise with the intention to use BitLocker you can of course create a separate partition yourself.
     
    lenardg, Jan 11, 2009
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