320 GB HD, not mounting correctly primary partition

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  > Have you ever see similar behavior?
  NO.

  > Is this a bug of presentation in the Vista disk management tool?
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  However, I put t see a problem if everything works properly

  Welcome them

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  > Why are the recovery partitions 100% empty, I can understand that for active recovery partition, but...?
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  > If these two partitions are partitions of recovery Toshiba, which is for windows and which is for the software?
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  > If these two partitions are partitions Toshiba Recovery, will be one work without the other (I would like to format the partition containing the backup software)?
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  For better understanding model laptop post and what OS you are using. Is this original state you have with your laptop (factory settings)?

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  |

  + Logical Volume - Group DD8EBA77-8349-4762-BD32-4D45402DDE23

  =========================================================

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)

  Free space: 12656640 B (12.7 MB)

  |

  +-< physical="" volume="">

  |   ----------------------------------------------------

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)

  |

  + -> 70EB98AB-5D10-4774-89C9-F66D334A7BA0 family of Logical Volume

  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Type of encryption: AES - XTS

  Encryption status: unlocked

  The conversion status: complete

  High level queries: secure

  |                        Password required

  |                        Accepts new users

  |                        A visible users

  |                        At the Volume key

  |

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  See the TPG: / dev/disk2: Pri GPT to sector 1

  See the TPG: / dev/disk2: GPT Sec at sector 1953525167

  start index size summary

  0           1         MBR

  1 1 Pri GPT header

  2 32 table GPT Pri

  34 6

  40 409600 1 part TPG - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

  409640 1270198464 2 part TPG - 000100AF-4028-0006-2192-BA7200000000

  1270608104 624918840

  1895526944 46298496 3 part TPG - 000100AF-7220-70FB-2192-BA7200000000

  1941825440 262144

  1942087584 11175400 4 part TPG - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  262151 1953262984

  1953525135 32 table dry GPT

  1953525167 1 dry GPT header

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  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

  #: cyl hd s - cyl hd s id [Start - size]

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1-409639]

  2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [409640-1270198464] HFS +.

  3: 1023 254 63 AF-1023 254 63 [1895526944-46298496] HFS +.

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  I have 3 questions :) #.

  1. I burned a copy dvd recovery media, on a laptop A660 k17. There are two partitions on the disk that I think are there for the recovery. The first is 1.46 GB and it's for the recovery and another partition hidden 8.29 GB... and I think that the first contains the Recovery Wizard and the whole environment in which we will get through the repair of the system and the hidden disk contains the actuall with windows data, drivers and so on. Can I remove these two? I ask mainly on the first, if it is not necessary for the system to boot or something after that I have to recover the laptop to the factory setting.

  2 and I also want to leave my partitions so that I don't have to partition the whole drive from C 600 GB again. I have a D drive created but there is this response to a topic already in the forum http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=64754&tstart=90
  who says that when I leave the partitions I created myself, that the recovery will be not available. I have a copy on dvd, but only to make sure no kidding something upward.

  3. when I want a clean system without some software which are preloaded on the oem recovery disk... I have to use windows recovery? or it will be the same as the toshiba one?
  Thanks for the reply possible :)
  Beautiful day :)

  > Can I remove the two primary partitions used for restoration?
  First not, but you can remove the Toshiba recovery partition if you created the recovery DVDs. One day, if you want to install the recovery image once again you can use created the recovery disc.