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August 30th, 2006 17:00
Partition tables errors and reformating
hello,
first, excuse my bad english but i'm from tunisia and we dont speack english (sorry :( ).
so, i had made 3 partition for linux, (boot swap etc..) and after rebooting all partitons tools cant read my hard drive partitions, so i cant create or edit my partition just i can see the size of my DD (i have a dell Dimension 4700)
now, i have just one solution to install linux, it's to recreate the partition table, installing windows xp and after installing linux.
the matter is that i have a partition called Dell restore, and i'm afraid, if i recreat the papartition table, all partitions will be erased and after that, all data in dell restore will be erased.
so it will cause a booting probleme? or i can reformat and installing xp and after, when i use dell CD's it will recreat a new Dell partition?
Thx and plz help me because i must repare my computer quickly.
thank you
first, excuse my bad english but i'm from tunisia and we dont speack english (sorry :( ).
so, i had made 3 partition for linux, (boot swap etc..) and after rebooting all partitons tools cant read my hard drive partitions, so i cant create or edit my partition just i can see the size of my DD (i have a dell Dimension 4700)
now, i have just one solution to install linux, it's to recreate the partition table, installing windows xp and after installing linux.
the matter is that i have a partition called Dell restore, and i'm afraid, if i recreat the papartition table, all partitions will be erased and after that, all data in dell restore will be erased.
so it will cause a booting probleme? or i can reformat and installing xp and after, when i use dell CD's it will recreat a new Dell partition?
Thx and plz help me because i must repare my computer quickly.
thank you
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fudgieguys
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August 30th, 2006 18:00
The Dell restore is there to setup your system back to factory settings. Don't mess with that partition.
Read this article about the Dell restore partition.
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/index.htm
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August 30th, 2006 20:00
okay now,
how i can use restore partition? on boot i press ctrl + f11 and i use the restore utility?
but it's sure that i will had the hard drive like first time i used it? i mean just one partition and backup partitions, after that i use partition tools for linux..
thx
P.S: i have the resource cd (for drivers)
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September 2nd, 2006 14:00
now i think dell it's wasnt a good idea to buy a dell -_-...
well i taped ctrl + f11 when booting to enter in restore menu and nothing happens..
there's no help in the officiel forum ..
shesagordie
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September 2nd, 2006 18:00
Power the computer on.
When the black screen with the Dell Logo in the top blue bar appears, press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, then press the F11 key and release them both at the same time. The Dell PC Restore by Symantec window should appear.
NOTE: Only press the keys one time, if you press them more than once you will receive a keyboard error and will have to start the process over.
Click the Restore button. A caution message appears advising that all data will be lost.
Click the Confirm button. The progress window appears, and when the restore is complete, the message "The system recovery process was successful" should appear.
Click the Finish button and the computer should restart.
Note. if you wish to save any data, then back it up, prior to using the above.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1090198&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&c
Message Edited by shesagordie on 09-02-200602:58 PM
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September 6th, 2006 07:00
i pushed ctrl + f11 at booting screen and nothing happened :(
i think my restore partition is dead :s
well,
now i cant use it,
what should i do? can i manualy format my hard drive?
i had allways manually format, and no problem or the dell hard drive present some problems?
thx
shesagordie
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September 6th, 2006 18:00