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• Issue after you create the new partition, Bootcamp expansion

  Hello

  I hope someone can help with a problem I'm having.

  I found an old Apple discussion on how to resize a partition, bootcamp, by reducing the size of the OS X partition, then using a Windows based tool to then extend the Bootcamp partition. Big mistake! I'm done with the same problem as the creator of this thread with my Windows no longer bootable partition.

  I followed the steps described by lonely T, which worked perfectly! Thank you very much!

  Then, I went into Windows and use the Partition Mini tool to extend the Windows partition in the unallocated partition, which worked fine in Windows.

  However when I boot in OS X and open disk utility I see now 3 separate partitions. (1) mac HD. ((2) Untitled (the one I created) 3) Windows HD (Bootcamp). Then OS X is not recognizing that I extended the Windows HD partition in the Untitled one.

  Is there a way to solve this problem without ruining it now expanded Windows partition? Windows does not seem to see two separate partitions, only in OS X I downloaded GPT Fdisk

  Thanks in advance!

  Output below:

  diskutil list

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 121,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 121.0 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134,2 MB

  / dev/disk1 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk1

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 637,5 GB disk1s2

  3: disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650,1 MB HD

  4: Apple_HFS 173,7 GB disk1s4

  5: Microsoft Windows HD 188.0 GB disk1s5 data base

  / dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD + 750.0 GB disk2

  Logical volume on disk0s2, disk1s2

  D3F5913D-0A32-4BE8-BD44-A65885746DA0

  Fusion unencrypted drive

  / dev/disk3 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.5 to disk3

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1

  disk3s2 2: Apple_HFS My Book Studio has 1.5 TB

  / dev/disk4 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.5 to disk4

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk4s1

  2: Apple_HFS My Book Studio B 1.5 TB disk4s2

  Cs diskutil list

  CoreStorage groups of logical volumes (1 found)

  |

  + Logical Volume - Group 23846179-0CBE-42F5-A375-0D969F4C789E

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

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Status: online

  Dimensions: 758507479040 B (758.5 GB)

  Free space: 229376 B (229.4 KB)

  |

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

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

  |   Index: 0

  |   Disc: disk0s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 120988852224 B (121.0 GB)

  |

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

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

  |   Index: 1

  |   Disc: disk1s2

  |   Status: online

  |   Dimensions: 637518626816 B (637.5 GB)

  |

  + -> 41CF6816-F84F-4D76-A6FD-97288E448BF7 family of Logical Volume

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

  Encryption type: no

  |

  +-> Logical Volume D3F5913D-0A32-4BE8-BD44-A65885746DA0

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

  Disc: disk2

  Status: online

  Size (Total): 749999882240 B (750.0 GB)

  Reversible: no

  Name: Macintosh HD

  Volume name: Macintosh HD

  Content indicator: Apple_HFS

  LVG Type: Fusion, sparse

  sudo TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk0

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: mediasize = 121332826112; SectorSize = 512; blocks = 236978176

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: PMBR to sector 0

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: Pri GPT to sector 1

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: GPT Sec at sector 236978175

  start index size summary

  0 1 PMBR

  1 1 Pri GPT header

  2 32 table GPT Pri

  34 6

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

  409640 236306352 2 part TPG - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  236715992 262144 3 part TPG - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  236978136 7

  236978143 32 table dry GPT

  236978175 1 dry GPT header

  sudo TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk1

  See the TPG: / dev/disk1: mediasize = 1000204886016; SectorSize = 512; blocks = 1953525168

  See the TPG: / dev/disk1: MBR suspicious to sector 0

  See the TPG: / dev/disk1: Pri GPT to sector 1

  See the TPG: error: wrong card

  See the TPG: could not open device ' / dev/disk1 ': Undefined error: 0

  sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk0: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

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

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

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1-236978175]

  02:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  03:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  04:00 0 0 0-0 0 0 [0-0] unused

  sudo fdisk/dev/disk1

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk1: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

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

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

  1: EA 0 0 2 - 25 127 14 [1-409639]

  2: AF 25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [409640-1245153568] HFS +.

  3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 Boot Darwin [1245563208-1269760]

  * 04:07 1023 254 63-1023 254 63 [1246834688-706689024] HPFS/QNX / TO THE

  Did you install GPT Fdisk as described in Re: can not start windows after resizing partitions ? If so, can you post the output of 'p' command of Gdisk?

• Rebuild the recovery partition

  Hi all

  Since my macbook pro in construction since a backup time machine, I have no recovery partition. Not sure if the recovery of time machine is the cause, or that the guy who has this laptop (work) in front of me he erased accidentally.

  I tried to use the script of "Recovery Partition creator" on several occasions, but it did not work. It becomes very urgent to get the recovery as soon as I'm running into several issues that require me to have the partition:

  • Disk errors on my internal drive that requires a correction
  • Need to encrypt my hard drive
  • Try to resize my disk internal, so I can install El Captain next to my current OS X I just need to test before you lose access to the work of the features (earlier version cannot be installed as he does not like our proxy for example).

  Happy to go all the way to 'clean up' and then to retrieve locks of tiem machine, but no idea how to do things right :-(

  Any ideas?

  I feel that you are not the first user or 'owner' of the MBP.  If this is the case, I suggest the following:

  Back up all your data.

  Erase the HARD drive and start in the recovery of the Internet (OPTION-COMMAND-R) which will connect you to the Apple servers.  Following the directions, you will be able to erase the HARD drive and install the original OSX the MBP came with.  The recovery partition must be created.  (I guess that the MBP is a 2011 late model or newer).

  Install a more recent OSX (as appropriate).

  Reinstall your user data.

  Ciao.

• Satellite L310D - Viruses and the issue of recovery

  My partner has a Satellite L310D, which recently is victim to the virus of windows security.
  We initially tried to restore to a previous restore point but he resurfaced after a few days.

  We then reinstalled windows from the recovery partition of the HARD disk which seems at first sight have been around but after opening explorere and surfing the net, it keeps us bombing with a windows error.

  Also, when you are in the google search, then clicking on a link, it will open additional search pages and refuses to open the link.

  Finally, he did not finish we updated windows and lifted up a windows error which we can not get rid of despite their support pages.
  I learn the virus can have dug in the registry but I thought the restoration of HARD drive would address this issue.

  If he touched the entire hard drive and how do I sort?
  We do not have an available recovery disk.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated that we cannot use it as it is. Apart from this, the machine was great for our needs.

  > If it has affected the entire hard drive and how do I sort?
  Well, a virus could affect the functionality of the system.
  Usually the antivirus software should be able to remove this but some viruses are really good and new OS install might be a better solution.

  If you don t have recovery disks (generally you must create it in the first day of the purchase of the laptop), then you could order it here:
  http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

  Welcome them

• x 360: delete the recovery partition after installing Linux

  Hello

  My x 360 laptop with 10 Windows works fine. I just installed Linux dual boot (w. Windows 10) on three new partitions. The scores are as below. E, F, G partitions are Linux.

  I have these questions please:

  1. is the recovery partition (D) no longer, now that I have partitioned the disk? (I did a recovery USB flash drive when I bought the computer)

  2. is it safe to remove the recovery partition (D)?

  3. There is also a small partition of 980 MB. What is c? Is it safe to remove?

  Thank you

  YCC

  

  Sorry, no.  You can not recover by using the HP Recovery partition after you change the partitioning scheme.

  As it is now, you might as well delete it.

  It will not hurt to remove it now because the HP Recovery works doesn'y work in any case.

  I know Macrium Reflect can backup and restore Windows and Linux distros because I have tried it, myself.

  Good luck
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• Cannot use the Windows Partition

  So, I have seen very similar messages and followed several forums, but I can't yet figure out what to do next.

  I have 8.1 Windows on my Mac.  I wanted to repartition the Windows partition and make bigger it because I was running low on space, and the Windows partition is what I use it mostly for graduate studies.  About a year ago, I took an easy youtube video and used Mini Wizard Partition re-partition space and it worked perfectly.  I have found the same video and tried to repartition the Windows partition again, but apparently I royally screwed up.

  My BootCamp is not yet visible more in disk utility.  Under the partitions, there is an option called "disk0s4" greyed, but I'm not allowed to do something with it.  I can't verify or repair.  If I go to Applications, BootCamp Assistant is there, but he wants me to start the installation of BootCamp.  It was not an option to restart Windows more, and when I turned on with alt + market, Windows was not an option more.

  I followed this tutorial:

  http://nerdr.com/bootcamp-partition-lost-repairing-Mac-partitions/

  and when I restarted my Mac, restart Windows was an option. So I thought that I fixed it! EVIL.  My screen was black and said: 'Missing Operating System '.

  I downloaded EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac (because it was another suggestion), and I was able to recover and see the files on the NTFS disk0s4, so I'm quite positive, they have not all been completely erased.  Or at least the part of basic Windows is still there.  I can't recover the drive to anything, because it tells me that I will just be fitness on the same drive, and I honestly don't know how to retrieve these files will help with the side of the partition of things.

  I also used TestDisk and it seemed to find my missing partition, but in the middle of analysing it, it says something like "disk too small."  After further research, I went through and took only the most recent score that seemed to be deleted with NTFS, and when you are trying to do, it would allow me to make a 'logic' partition because he said something in red, as 'bad file.'

  My Mac still works perfectly, but I'm terribly need to recover my windows.

  Here are my findings from a similar position:

  Last login: Wed Mar 9 16:30:28 on ttys001

  Anna-Owenss-MacBook-Pro: ~ acowens1$ sudo gdisk/dev/rdisk0; "exit";

  GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

  WARNING: Open with shared lock devices will not have their

  table partition automatically reloaded!

  Scanning partition table:

  MBR: hybrid

  BSD: absent

  APM: absent

  TPG: present

  Found a valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

  Command (? for help): p

  Disk/dev/rdisk0: 625142448 sectors, GiB 298,1

  Logical sector size: 512 bytes

  Identifier (GUID) of disc: 0000429B-368F-0000-CB2D-000003440000

  Partition table contains up to 128 entries

  First usable sector is 34, last usable area is 625142414

  The partitions will be aligned with the boundaries of sector 8

  Space free total is 277435021 areas (132,3 GiB)

  Starting number (sector) end (sector), Code name of size

  409639 40 1 200.0 MiB EF00 EFI system partition

  2 409640 268314855 127.7 giB customer AF00

  3 268314856 269584391 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD

  4 547018752 625141759 37.3 giB 0700 BOOTCAMP

  Command (? for help): r

  Recovery/processing command (? for help): o

  Size of the disk is 625142448 areas (298,1 GiB)

  MBR disk identifier: 0x0000711C

  MBR partitions:

  Code of State sector Boot start end sector number

  1 1 547018751 primary 0xEE

  2 * 547018752 625141759 0 x 07 elementary school

  Recovery/processing command (? for help): h

  CAVEAT! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide to not use one,

  Simply press enter at the prompt below and your partition table MBR will be

  be intact.

  Type one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be

  added to the hybrid MBR, in order: 2 3 4

  Partition of EFI GPT (0xEE) place first in the MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): y

  Create entry for the #2 GPT partition (partition MBR #2)

  Enter a hex code MBR (default AF): n

  Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n

  Create entry for the #3 GPT partition (partition MBR #3)

  Enter a hex code MBR (default AB):

  Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): n

  Create entry for the #4 GPT partition (partition MBR #4)

  Enter a hex code MBR (default 07):

  Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): y

  Recovery/processing command (? for help): o

  Size of the disk is 625142448 areas (298,1 GiB)

  MBR disk identifier: 0x0000711C

  MBR partitions:

  Code of State sector Boot start end sector number

  1 1 409639 primary 0xEE

  2 409640 268314855 primary 0 x 01

  3 268314856 269584391 primary 0xAB

  4 * 547018752 625141759 0 x 07 elementary school

  Recovery/processing command (? for help):

  Now, my major dilemma is that in the original post, he said to the partition of the hybrids with the numbers of 3-4-5, but I was unable to do so.  When I tried 5, he said "partition does exist or is too large."  So I used the 2 3 4 numbers.  Now, I'm at the point where I use the w command (to write), but I don't want to do it if I didn't the other steps correctly.

  1 mini Partition tool is very dangerous and should never be used on a Mac, in particular, more than once.

  2. article NERDR is the most irresponsible article about these issues and causes and exacerbates still more data loss.

  3. Please do not rewrite the MBR/GPT with Gdisk.

  4. you must return to Testdisk. TestDisk is used only for scanning, not for the updates. All updates using Gdisk, not binding Testdisk, once the right partition headers have been found.

  5 Please after the release of

  diskutil list

  Cs diskutil list

  sudo TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk0

  sudo fdisk/dev/disk0

• Satellite L300. Observation on the issues cover the recovery of Vista on a new HARD drive

  Hi all

  I need to reinstall Vista (on a Toshiba Satellite L300) runs the "recovery disc" created by Toshiba disc creator before recovery and using a disc of "nine" (Toshiba MK2035GSS, 200 GB).

  Issues related to the:

  (1) I have to partition and format the new drive before starting with recovery disks / DVD (s).
  or which will be done through the recovery process?

  (2) what is the reason for which the current disc is divided into two size equal C: and D: partitions, while
  D: partition seems to be reservered for the system, but only 5 GB are used?

  (3) what is the purpose of the partition 3. ("inactive") with about 1.5 GB of space?

  Thanks in advance for your support and help!

  Whalter

  > 1) I have to partition and format the new drive before starting with recovery disks / DVD (s).
  or which will be done through the recovery process?
  No, because the HARD disk should be formatted during the recovery process.

  (> 2) what is the reason for which the current disc is divided into two size equal partitions C: and D:, while
  D: partition seems to be reservered for the system, but only 5 GB are used?
  On the D partition, you can find the files and folder from HARD drive recovery. HARD disk recovery allows you to recover the laptop HARD drive and in this case, you don't need the recovery disc

  (> 3) what is the purpose of the partition 3. ("inactive") with about 1.5 GB of space?
  It is a Vista partition and is necessary for the backup files. Vista is able to repair the operating system if something bad is going to do this the necessary files that are stored on this partition.

• HP 15-AB521TX: reinstalling Windows recovery media will remove the created partitions?

  I have a HP 15-AB521TX and as usual with all laptops, it comes with C: drive.

  I used a third party partition manager to create more than 3 partitions by deleting the space on the C drive, so now I have C, D (recovery), E, F and G,

  But somehow now I want to reinstall windows (using the recovery backup media (flash drive)) and I wanted to know if it will remove all the extra partition I created and delivered to a single drive C? Since I have data on other players, I don't want to do.

  Thank you very much.

  bsguru

  Unfortunately, the answer is YES - as the first action of the recovery feature is to reformat the entire disk to match the partition arrangement which was put there at the factory.

  So, BEFORE you do this, you must migrate off the partitions and the data you want to keep or restore.

  Good luck
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• Software update in the recovery Partition

  Is it possible to update the recovery partition with the latest hotfixes or service pack? (I have a windows vista SP1, and I want to update to SP2 when the official out).

  Laptop DV9830US - Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83 GHz - 4 GB 667 MHz - 320 GB HD @ - GeForce 8600 M GS @ 17.0 "WXGA + 1440 x 900

  No, recovering files is read-only. The only time I've seen is file recovery corrupted if HP issues a patch that is capable of writing to them_which rarely occurs.

• Not able to create the new partition in disk management.

  Original title: Windows XP Home Edition Partition Question

  I tried to create another partition on my computer running Windows XP, but when I go to disk management, it doesn't let me do anything when I right click on a partition. I can't make a new (tried with cmd and disk management) and I can't change the current criteria. Is there an option somewhere that prevents you from changing or something? Almost many of the options are grayed out and I can't make a new partition. How can I fix? I want to make another partition.

  Hi JwadAziz,

  Windows XP doesn't support narrowing of the reader.

  You can use your favorite search engine & download any third-party software that might be used to.

  
  Note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there.

  Hope the helps of information.
  Please post back and we do know.

• How to change the bootable partition? __

  I have 5 Partition on my hard - 2 system partitions and 3 extended partitions drive. I install windows 7 in the 2nd partition system, such as installation of windows 7 is 'disk error' for the 1st partition system. But before windows 7 was in 1st partition.

  Now when I format 1st Windows system partition is not to start at all.

  So I try 'Start Up Repair' using Windows 7 DVD. I havet find installing Windows 7 successfully, but it cannot solve the problem.

  I use ""bootrec.exe/fixmbr ' and "bootrec.exe/fixboot" advance Service Options console repair using Windows 7 DVD. "

  Please tell me that I change the partition bootable C: to another drive (for example, D: or e :)).

  [When you use Windows XP, I use fixboot (like fixboot G :) to change the partition bootable. )]

  Y at - it such a command or option to do so. ]

  Hey Divinemoon,

  Try changing the partition Active of C on the second system partition where Windows 7 is installed so that when the computer starts, it loads the appropriate operating system. After you change the active partition, perform the Startup Repair.

  a. Open command prompt in Windows recovery menu.

   

  Reference: What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?

  a. type diskpart in command prompt.

  b. at the DiskPart prompt, type in disk list. You will see the list of drives currently connected to your computer.

  

  c. now type in select disk n, where n is the disk number. In this example, disk 0 is selected.

  

  d. now that correct drive is selected, type in the partition from the list for a list of all partitions on that disk.

  (e) to select the partition that you want to set as active, type select partition n, where n is the partition number.

  

   

  f. now that you have selected the disk and partition, mark it as active by typing the word active simply pressing ENTER. Now, the partition is set to active.

   

  g. out of the command prompt and run the Startup Repair tool. Reference: Startup Repair: frequently asked questions

  This should be it.

  If you want more information about the commands Bootrec.exe, see:

   

  How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows recovery environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/927392

  Similar threads: change bootable partition

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• Q: How do I restore from USB if the recovery partition is deleted?

  Hi, make a backup of my spectrum 14 of jealousy cumputer Windows 7 on a USB stick with hp Recovery Manager. After that I deleted the restore disk partition and installed Windows 8. Now have sleep/power issues on Windows 8, need to go back to 7 can I test before sending it in for repair.

  Even if I did a backup USB, of bus I can't boot from the USB and the ect/f11 option at startup, does nothing, yet windows just starts.

  Now, how can I restore from a USB Pendrive without having access to the F11 restore the disk option, how to reinstall System Restore?

  Hello

  A backup is not a clone. You have cloned partition to a USB bootable for her to work.

  The HP Backup & Recovery Manager does not copy the recovery partition, even if you back up the entire hard drive.

  Here is a reference for the HP Recovery Manager manual.

  Unless you do a recovery as a DVD or USB media, the only source for what is available to you is to buy a set of recovery disks.

  I would like to have better news for you on this subject.

  Best regards.

• recover from the recovery partition

  I found several entries by searching in the forum, but nobody seems to be similar to my problem:

  I want to recover my windows vista system partition using the partition recovery on my T61p.

  It worked very well for me last time. But in the meantime I installed Ubuntu which was installing the grub loader, I think that what causes the problem all to rewrite the mbr.

  By pressing the Thinvantage key while booting does not show me the usable entries. If I boot from the Thinkpad - Recovery Boot disk iexpect only after pressing 'next' linux partitions and data will be deleted also.

  But especially as I could finally recovery... "Select the partition you want to use as the system partition" or another message like this.

  I remember, I was delighted when I saw this message. Because at the time, I was doing this I was expecting something like that. But today, that would be great, I don't have to reinstall Linux.

  Can you please tell me how I'm going to continue?

  Thank you

  For 3 or 4 days I'm looking a solution for my problem.

  I tried many things and spent a lot of time reading about similar issues.

  Windows Vista Ultimate on my T61p is not able to upgrade to SP1. I did it via ThinkVantage System Update, Windows Update function function and I downloaded the SP1 of Microsoft.com.

  Meanwhile my games installed do not work, I reinstalled them and then got an error message like: ereg.exe does not work.

  Installation completed then and I got the same error as before, at the start of the game.

  I had a serious accident before 4 months and I spent all the time in hospitals. My only satisfaction now is my new T61p and I don't get to work.

  PROBLEM:

  Maybe I did something wrong before update so I tried to use the recovery feature to set windows to the same status as when I got the laptop.

  I tried using the CD Boot Vista added, disk 1-c and the last c. I also tried using the recovery partition which I did not have to work when I started this thread.

  During this time I installed the rescue and recovery 4.2 and now he got the correct menu entry. When I select this function (F11) starting the computer was 'normal' and I had the selection of GRUB menu...

  I also found a scandiskpatch.exe which should correct some problems of RnR using Vista and 4.2 RnR. But when I doubleclick on it, I get a message that my computer do not have good condition for the correction of program (or something else, I use the German language pack.

  I want to restore my computer, and then try to update and if this doesn't work I still will have to find a solution for this.

  Please help me with this very annoying problem.

• Can I shrink a logical drive and not the extended partition to a bare metal restore to a smaller drive?

  The current configuration is a Dell T310 with a S300 controller, with all locations 4 hot filled with SAS drives.  The operating system is SBS 2008 (2008 Server/Vista), I intend to change the controller of S300 (software) controller, a controller (hardware) H700.  My concern is that the H700 brings readers a little smaller in size.

  The typical arrangement of Dell's diagnosis, followed by a recovery partition partition (E :), followed by the system partition (C :), followed by a partition with a logical volume (d).  If I use Diskpart to shrink the D: 'partition', he let me with free space, not allocated.  Thus, it effectively reduces the logical drive, and the extended partition stays the same size as it was, with no way to reduce it.

  The question is, if I shrink the logical D: drive and not the extended partition and then get backups of the system, I'll be able to a bare metal restore on the smallest virtual disk of the H700?

  That's what I did:
  -Released the S300 controller and 4, 450 GB, 15 000 rpm Cheetah RAID-5
  -Replace the controller H700 and 2, 2 TB 7200 RPM in RAID-1 Constellations

  Results:
  -Eliminates the possibility of falling on a disk space issue when restoring
  -Increased the amount of available disk space.
  M ' left with 2 free hard drive for future expansion bays.

• Size of the problems after the system partition resizing - are X 201 hard drives using a particular geometry?

  I recently copied my default system hard disk (320 GB / Western Digital) on a larger hard drive (500 GB / Hitachi) which I also ordered through Lenovo.

  Using a disk imager I first copied the old 1:1 the new disk drive. It gave me an exact copy of my original disk, with about 150 GB of space disk unallocated at the end of the training. I then put this copy in the system and it worked very well, I could start and work at it.

  -With the help of Acronis Disk Director 11 - I moved the hidden partition Lenovo restore to the end of the new drive, and then finally I expanded the system partition to fill all the available space before this recovery partition, giving me a system about 430 GB drive.

  These operation seemed to go very well at everything first, but in the end I got an alert that something had gone wrong and now the disk may be corrupted. Strange, I was able to boot from the disk and everything went well in the beginning but in fact - I now have a very weird problem: when you look in the Panel-online-online disk management management system all partitions are located and that I had the intention of size. The recovery partition (~ 17 GB) is at the end and the system partition is indicated as approximately 430GB and about 60% vacuum. Explorer Windows, however, always reports the size of the old partition (~ 280 GB) and only 10% of empty space, while if there is no resizing the partition space taken.

  In other words: different parts of Windows 'see' and report to different partition sizes. Running chkdsk does not resolve the issue.

  I then realized this phenomenon in the Acronis Disk Director forum and some guys Acronis replied, that problems of resizing and therefore also the difference could be due to the fact that IBM/Lenovo uses a geometry to non-standard head of 240 heads instead of 255 heads. ????  I then asked for details and - if possible - instructions - how we could solve this problem, but got no further response so far.

  Any idea what he's talking about? Lenovo indeed uses some non-standard disk or geometry? I would have thought, that the access disk is the disk drivers? Lenovo have to do here? Or BIOS of the device involved here?

  And finally: has anyone some experience with this problem and can give an idea how to solve this problem? I'd really like to * hate * restart everywhere have to reformat the hard drive and reinstall everything again!

  Michael

  Thanks for this info!

  I'll try to get my wrecked HD using the Paragon suggested partitioning program and I guess, I'll also try to get a refund on DiskDirector 11, since the site explicitly, it is fully ready Windows7, which obviously isn't!

  Michael