Re: Risk of running FIXMBR

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You can't see the recovery partition, because it is hidden.
The partitions can be seen in Disk Management.
Windows can see other primary partitions.
The hidden partition contains your files to reinstall Windows.
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Ron Sommer

"Red" <Red@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Yes Dell does hide a partition on ur computer, a very small one though.
: Windows can't see it though because it's a primary partition and Windows
can
: only see the one that it's installed on. You can view it usimg
partitioning
: software. It dosen't have anything important on it as far as i know, It's
: there so that anytime you reinstall windows the dell crap on your start
menu
: remains.
:
: Not sure how to get your system running again but as far as accessing your
C
: drive. Hit F2, just after that beep on bootup, then start computer in dos
: mode. "cd windows" or "cd\windows" will change your dir to windows for
: example, typing C: takes you to the root, cd\ goes up a level. "dir /p"
gives
: the dir listing to help you navigate.
: If you want to edit boot.ini, go to the right dir, then type " edit
boot.ini"
:
: Hope this helps. If you could connect your computer to a network, you
could
: poss access the drive and copy off the folders that you need and reformat.
: If you do reinstall I recommend adding at least one partition, one for
: programs inc windows and one for files, you can direct your docs and
settings
: to a folder on this drive too so that you loose nothing if windows becomes
: corrupted.

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