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    What happened to your partitions when you ran your recovery DVD's?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Telkwa, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    I'd appreciate some feedback on this question, cause it's really been bugging me.

    First thing I did with my brand-new Acer 5920 was make the recovery DVD's. Next thing I did was screw up Vista while trying to shrink the partition. Third thing I did was run the recovery DVD's.

    Vista rebooted and I was back in business. But instead of the original four primary partitions there was only one. This worked out great because the four primary partitions were an obstacle to dual-booting. But it's not what I expected.

    I'd like to hear from owners of other brands - HP, IBM, Toshiba, etc. Were some of your partitions gone after using your recovery DVD's?

    If the recovery DVD's do get rid of some of the primaries, then maybe running the recovery DVD's even if you don't have to might be a good suggestion for people who want to dual-boot?
     
    Telkwa, Oct 30, 2008
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  2. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    I think that the Recovery DVD's set your Laptop back to factory settings (hardware, software, etc...) I would recommend that you try using Partition Magic 8 as it is built for partitioning.
     
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  3. Emor

    Emor Notebook Consultant

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    When I was using the Acer recovery CDs it recovered the first partition, and left the second one intact(which is also the recovery partition). I don't use the CD anymore, Ubuntu all the way :p.
    EMZ=]
     
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  4. Phil17

    Phil17 Notebook Consultant

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    My HP recovery DVDs deleted my linux partition. Needless to say, I wasn't happy
     
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  5. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    Well, that's one reliable way to uninstall Linux! :D

    When the recovery DVD's were done, did the partition table look like the original, or were some of the partitions gone?
     
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    Phil17 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, everything went back to the original factory conditions, so just one big C drive. I can't remember if it also re-created the recovery partition though
     
    Phil17, Oct 31, 2008
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