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re: Bootable disk from hidden partition
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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Posted by Jose Luis Ivorra (2 messages posted)

IBM do not supply the Windows OS in a CD with their computers, instead there is a hidden partition in order to recovery the system to a factory state. I succeed in extract this FAT32 partition to a C drive file. What I need to know is if it is possible to make a bootable CD starting from that extracted files. Otherwise I won't be able to recover the system in case of hard disk crash.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm, C K wrote:
>You can't boot from it if it's hidden (the BIOS won't see it) if that's what you
>are asking. Otherwise, you will have to be more specific in what you are trying
>to accomplish.
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Written in response to:: re: Bootable disk from hidden partition (C K: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm)

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re: Bootable disk from hidden partition (C K: Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:16 pm)

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Bootable disk from hidden partition (Jose Luis Ivorra: Wed, May 7, 2008, 11:43 am)

re: Bootable disk from hidden partition (C K: Wed, May 7, 2008, 12:59 pm)

re: Bootable disk from hidden partition (Jose Luis Ivorra: Sat, May 10, 2008, 12:57 pm)

re: Bootable disk from hidden partition (C K: Sat, May 10, 2008, 8:16 pm)

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