Re: New drive partition after XP upgrade?
- From: Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:29:18 GMT
ComputerChallenged <ComputerChallenged@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Thank you for your reply. It was an upgrade and not a new install. This
>was done on my laptop. A drive E with 2 GB of space is now showing. It
>doesn't appear to have anything in it, but I don't want to try to remove the
>partition if it is needed. I have not ever partitioned my drive in the past.
> I was reading somewhere on Microsoft that XP has done this before when it
>thought there was a zip dirve or something? *shrug*
Is there any data in that new partition?
It could be a "hidden" System Recovery partition put there by the
laptop manufacturer at the factory. If so then this will contain an
exact image of your computer's original Windows and the factory
preinstalled apps, just as it was when the laptop left the factory.
XP will often detect these partitions and give them a drive letter
even though they are technically "hidden" and are not visible to
earlier versions of Windows such as Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Good luck.
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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