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    x200 partitions

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by drwho9437, Apr 17, 2009.

  1. drwho9437

    drwho9437 Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Can someone who hasn't changed their partitions around tell me what the service and rescue partition letters are on their X200?

    I think the structure was:

    C - Main
    Q - Rescue disk making partion
    S - Service

    Is that right? (I have a reason for wanting to know). Thanks
     
    drwho9437, Apr 17, 2009
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    C: is the main operating system (XP or Vista).

    Q: is the recovery image for restoring your computer to factory state.

    S: contains the Lenovo secondary operating system (press the blue button before booting). It's primary purpose is to access and restore the recovery image on Q:. However, it is also able to automatically fix errors to your MBR, and allow you to backup data files from C: to a USB or network drive in the event that Windows is unable to boot (e.g. you got a Virus, and need to restore to factory, but didn't back up some of your files first).

    If space isn't a concern, I would leave all three of them. However, if you are concerned about space I would get rid of Q: (after making recovery DVDs), but keep S: (it has the potential to be quite useful)..
     
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  3. drwho9437

    drwho9437 Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I know about what they are for. I use 3rd party image software (true image) and when windows first booted after restoring an image the drive letters were changed as the first physical (from LBA 0) partition was S not C, so S was C and C was D and Q was E, and so it couldn't find user profiles. I corrected it via the registry.

    It is a poor design on Lenovo's part to set them up that way IMHO.
     
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    drwho9437 Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Just to put it out there for others. If you use true image for backups, and you want to keep your system restore partition then the best thing to do it looks like is before you restore export the mountpoint 'folder' in the registry, restore your drive (not MBR, just 'C'). Reboot wait for it to freeze unable to find the profile of the user. Hit Ctr-alt-del, run task manager, use it to run explorer and regedit. Delete the entries in mountpoint (save just in case), restore your registry from your external source. Reboot. Everything is there and working. That's a lot of extra work...
     
    drwho9437, Apr 18, 2009
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    lhs2miler Newbie

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    Can I install Linux onto the Q partition and dual boot with Linux / Vista. I want to keep Windows Vista, but I've had some stability issues with Office 2007 :mad: Is Ubuntu or OpenSUSE the best platform to go for a tablet user?
    lhs2miler
    x200 Tablet
     
    lhs2miler, Apr 26, 2009
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