thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org wrote:
> As I said, "This is on a hidden partition that NOTHING else seems to
> be able to see," not Partition Manager, not nothin'. Other discussion
> groups on the web suggest that the "hiding" of the partition is done
> at a very low level on the disk, just so that no standard tool can
> erase it (to keep the user from destoying it). With all tools I've
> tried the disk simply seems to be smaller than its 60G size, because
> of the predesktop area. Anyone know a way around this, so the
> predesktop can be copied to the clone disk?
You have to "unhide" the partition in the BIOS, clone the HD with PM8 or
TrueImage, then rehide the partition on the new HD.
Regards,
James
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