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I bought a VAIO desktop,and I have decided to upgrade to a larger hard drive. So I installed the new hard drive/replace the old one.
Now when I try to format the new drive it shows a hidden partition with no drive letter on it. It's an 8MB partition. How do I boot it? I want to install xp on there. I've tried hitting all the F keys to see if any of them boot it, but none of them do it.
I have a Sony VAIO model PCV-C42L.
I'm a little confused by your post. You removed the original hard-drive, and put in a larger one. Then when you turn on the computer, you need to install an operating system. Have you done that?
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the hard drive is from one of my other computers.
I placed a Windows XP CD that I have to make it boot. It asks me to 'press any key to boot from cd', i did. So it asks me if i would like to format partition C. Right below it theres an 8MB of Unpartitioned Space, I take it that's a hidden partition for recovery? Not sure... I was wondering if i can use that to format C?
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Yes it is the hidden partition for recovery. It is known as EISA Configuration that do not have drive letter. I don't know what you are trying to do. The EISA partition hold the key for your recovery CD to work.
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Oh, ok, I see what you are saying. That space is often used fro things like the MBR, or FAT tables. Ultimately, no, that space cannot be used. However, it's only 8MB, so you won't miss it. :)
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But my system never came with a recovery CD, so i'm guessing they gave me a partition for recovery? How do I make it recover/format my new hard drive?
I guess what I'm asking is how do I use it? I want to format my hard drive.
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when you format a drive under XP it will always show 8mb unused space, that is normal, this is not a recovery partition.
Your old drive would have had the recovery hidden partition usually at least 1GB+ in size, therefore by removing the old drive you have no access to the SONY XP Recovery Folder.
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i see...
ok i think i broke the old HD..i tried hooking it back up (SATA), but now it just hangs on the VAIO screen. I tried going in to BIOS (hitting F2) and it just says "Entering setup..." But it will just hang there, any idea what the problem might be?
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