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<tt>Here is fdisk -l on my Pavilion tx 2000:<br>
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
/dev/sda1 63 145854134 72927036 7 HPFS/NTFS<br>
/dev/sda2 460374705 488392064 14008680 7 HPFS/NTFS<br>
/dev/sda3 145854135 460374704 157260285 5 Extended<br>
/dev/sda5 * 145854198 447522704 150834253+ 83 Linux<br>
/dev/sda6 447522768 460374704 6425968+ 82 Linux swap
/ Solaris<br>
<br>
It came with Vista, but I'm about to blow away those partitions,
since I never boot it, ever.<br>
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</tt> -Scott<br>
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On 12/14/2010 03:04 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:h.schnirman@pacbell.net">h.schnirman@pacbell.net</a> wrote:
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necessarily about linux, but Linux is being used as the <br>
repair tool. I've got an HP Pavilion Laptop that had it's
OS corrupted<br>
to the point that it doesn't boot. The recovery partition
type says Empty.<br>
<br>
So the Question is, Is it really empty or that HP has some
proprietary<br>
file system that I can't see. The partition is about
214mb. About the size<br>
to be expected of the recovery partition. Otherwise I'll
have to tell my <br>
friend that he needs to purchase DVD's from after market.
<br>
<br>
HP is not making available XP Recovery disks any more, and
the machine <br>
is too old to run their newer hardware hogs I imagine.<br>
<br>
So if anyone could suggest a good Open Source to for
investigating pretty <br>
esoterics partition types I'd be very appreciative.<br>
<br>
Howard<br>
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