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    Recovery Partition Question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by RawanB, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. RawanB

    RawanB Newbie

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    Hi,

    I need to boot my recovery partition because some important xp dll boot files got corrupted. I however have fedora 9 installed in parallel and it boots first and so pressing F10 is not quite working for me. I need the exact path to the recovery partition I suppose. Either that or if there is a way to burn the partition on DVD from Linux which I doubt possible.. The DVD I created when I first bought my laptop is not with me at the moment and I need to fix this urgently :(
    Plz anyone I really need help!!

    Thanks..
     
    RawanB, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. Rad Aryan

    Rad Aryan Notebook Enthusiast

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    you already tried Acronis Disk Director?
     
    Rad Aryan, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. RawanB

    RawanB Newbie

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    What's that? :confused:
     
    RawanB, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. Evoss-X

    Evoss-X Notebook Deity

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    stick XP installation disc make it boot when finish copying choose repair xp
    there u will have command prompt , choose desired false drive am sure it's c:
    type :chkdsk let it go complete..
    then u will be able to enter into your os
     
    Evoss-X, Mar 19, 2009
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Even if you burn the partition to DVD, it is not going to be bootable. The only bootable form is the one on the DVD you don't have with you. But back to the F10 thing. The F10 key is not a trigger to the bootloader on the hard drive, it is a trigger to the BIOS. Therefore it should not matter if Linux loads first or not. When are you hitting the F10? You need to start hitting it immediately after your power up. The F10 key is NOT like the F8 key which is a trigger to the bootloader code on the harddrive.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Mar 19, 2009
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    This really IS a better solution. Because if you do get the F10 key to work and use the hidden partition to recover your machine, it is going to put your machine back in its "out of the box" state, with all the bloatware and none of your applications installed.

    The way Evoss-X described will lett you try to recovery your machine in your current state, with all your changes in tact.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Mar 19, 2009
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  7. RawanB

    RawanB Newbie

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    Yes but the thing is that I don't have an XP installation disk :(
     
    RawanB, Mar 19, 2009
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  8. Babydarklord

    Babydarklord Notebook Evangelist

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    You need to barrow or get one that's the safeway which is Evoss-X suggested.
     
    Babydarklord, Mar 19, 2009
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