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Hidden Partition on Dell Notebook
Name: Nelson_Ecks Date: January 27, 2005 at 13:02:32 Pacific OS: WinXP Home sp2 CPU/Ram: PM 1.4GHz
Comment:
I am going to wipe my hard drive clean and install XP pro and SUSE 9.2 pro on it. But, I'd like to backup this hidden partition first. Windows think this partition is FAT32, but Partition Magic says it's "CP/M, concurrent DOS, CTOS" and refuses to assign it a drive letter or browsing it's content. Is there anyway that I could gain access to the files kept on this volume?
Name: XpUser Date: January 27, 2005 at 13:15:39 Pacific
Reply:
"CP/M, concurrent DOS, CTOS" is disk partition type DB reserved for restoration or recovery operation using Convergent Technologies OS. You should not delete this partition or your Dell CD will no longer work.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: Nelson_Ecks Date: January 27, 2005 at 13:49:31 Pacific
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I don't have a Dell CD. Besides, I have a retail version of XP.
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Response Number 3
Name: jefro Date: January 27, 2005 at 14:39:27 Pacific
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I think I just changed the partiton type and accessed it. Not sure. As above you might need that info so don't fool with it unless you are sure. The dell site could help you possibly with a maybe a floppy to access that data.
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Response Number 4
Name: Nelson_Ecks Date: January 28, 2005 at 12:58:27 Pacific
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