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Anonymous   04-07-2005 at 05:06:59 PM

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I just got a new ThinkPad R51. IBM has preloaded the hard drive with so
much of their "recovery" software it takes up quite a chunk of space. How
to I get this back? I think it's in a hidden partition.

Thanks

Sheldon
sheldon@sopris.net

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Anonymous   04-07-2005 at 08:04:43 PM
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:06:59 -0600, "Sheldon"
<sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote:

>I just got a new ThinkPad R51. IBM has preloaded the hard drive with so
>much of their "recovery" software it takes up quite a chunk of space. How
>to I get this back? I think it's in a hidden partition.

Yes, it is a special hidden partition. You need to go into your
system BIOS and disable the "Pre-Desktop" area. It is under the
Security settings. Once you disable it, it will appear to be "un
partitioned" space on your drive.

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