Laptop HDD Replacement (with recovery partition)

Pugsley_21 · 24th October 2007, 4:27 PM

Maybe suited to here, maybe suited to storage. See how we go.

My laptop currently has a 60gig HDD and i want to replace it with this 100gig HDD i have sitting here in front of me. The problem is that both HDD's currently have recovery partitions on them. The 100gig has a 4gig partition called IBM_SERVICE, and when i view the drive on my desktop is says that it's an 'EISA Configuration' partition. Without pulling the drive out of the laptop yet i'd assume it has the same kind of thing. In Disk Management nothing can be done with the EISA partition, but have read that a linux format should be able to clear it. But what i want to know is how to re-create the partition that is currently on the laptop's original drive, as it contains my operating system recovery disks. As the laptop doesn't have an optical drive, it's all i have. Can this be done?

<< J o Y i >> · 29th October 2007, 2:58 PM

connect an external cd/dvd burner and make a recovery CD. prob the easiest option

24th October 2007, 4:27 PM	#1
Pugsley_21 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 1,122	Laptop HDD Replacement (with recovery partition) Maybe suited to here, maybe suited to storage. See how we go. My laptop currently has a 60gig HDD and i want to replace it with this 100gig HDD i have sitting here in front of me. The problem is that both HDD's currently have recovery partitions on them. The 100gig has a 4gig partition called IBM_SERVICE, and when i view the drive on my desktop is says that it's an 'EISA Configuration' partition. Without pulling the drive out of the laptop yet i'd assume it has the same kind of thing. In Disk Management nothing can be done with the EISA partition, but have read that a linux format should be able to clear it. But what i want to know is how to re-create the partition that is currently on the laptop's original drive, as it contains my operating system recovery disks. As the laptop doesn't have an optical drive, it's all i have. Can this be done? __________________ Signature virus: please copy me to your signature.

29th October 2007, 2:58 PM	#2
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