From: "Al Heath" Received: from mxout1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.165] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 420625 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:44:02 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GXIpV-000PmU-4t for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:43:58 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GXIpT-000PT9-Lo for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:43:35 -0400 Received: from westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.11]) by e32.co.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k9AEhUps031251 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:43:30 -0400 Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (d03av02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.168]) by westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/NCO v8.1.1) with ESMTP id k9AEhUVk545450 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:43:30 -0600 Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k9AEhTDm028088 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:43:29 -0600 Received: from d03nm122.boulder.ibm.com (d03nm122.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.148]) by d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k9AEhT6s028080 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:43:29 -0600 Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: OT: Need guidance on 1.2 install To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:29:45 -0500 Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D03NM122/03/M/IBM(Release 7.0.1HF269 | June 22, 2006) at 10/10/2006 08:43:29 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; Boundary="0__=09BBF890DFD8902A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF890DFD8902A" Content-Disposition: inline X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) --0__=09BBF890DFD8902A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF890DFD8902A Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > Do I understand that repartitioning the T43 after XP has gone NTFS at= > virgin boot means I destroy the XP source files? No, they should still be there in the hidden recovery partition and F11= can get back to it until you really mess around with stuff. It would be a = good idea to also use dfsee to make a 2 cd image of that partition should yo= u need to restore that at some point in the future. As I recall, on previ= ous systems, I have gone thru the steps of putting the images someplace to burn, and thn made such CD sets so I could then "reclaim" that hard dis= k space knowing that if really needed to, I could wipe out something an restore the image. I think the last time I did a recovery like that I = went all the way back to a creating just primary C, some free space, and the= recovery partition. I don't recall if I had to actually allocate somet= hing into the free space to keep C from expanding to the full disk again, bu= t could have had to. I guess in my case since I basically run XP in a VP= C session and had to have an installable non restricted product anyway, I= didn't care so much about a recovery partition rebuilding C:. Also, my= T42 came with a bunch of extra useless stuff. Al H= --0__=09BBF890DFD8902A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF890DFD8902A Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

> Do I understand that repartitioning the T43 after XP has go= ne NTFS at > virgin boot means I destroy the XP source files? No, they should still be there in the hidden recovery partition and= F11 can get back to it until you really mess around with stuff. = It would be a good idea to also use dfsee to make a 2 cd image of that = partition should you need to restore that at some point in the future. = As I recall, on previous systems, I have gone thru the steps of putting= the images someplace to burn, and thn made such CD sets so I could the= n "reclaim" that hard disk space knowing that if really neede= d to, I could wipe out something an restore the image. I think th= e last time I did a recovery like that I went all the way back to a cre= ating just primary C, some free space, and the recovery partition. &nbs= p;I don't recall if I had to actually allocate something into the free = space to keep C from expanding to the full disk again, but could have h= ad to. I guess in my case since I basically run XP in a VPC sessi= on and had to have an installable non restricted product anyway, I didn= 't care so much about a recovery partition rebuilding C:. Also, m= y T42 came with a bunch of extra useless stuff. Al H= --0__=09BBF890DFD8902A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF890DFD8902A--