Right? As you mentioned that "this all depends on the boot loader or BIOS to implement", my understanding after your point is that one can do some tweaking in the BIOS for that Recovery Partition Hotkey or some key combination. On #3, I get your point you mean, when we are installing windows 7, the setup creates a 100 MB system partition before C: which stores some system files and maybe boot information. So maybe there's someway if you can figure it out! Still its hidden.However I can see that partition in Disk Partitioning utilities like Acronis, Easeus etc only. After using for nearly a year, I formatted the partitions infact Re-partitioned again, and still my Hidden Recovery Partition is there hidden even dont show up on new windows installation. But I think maybe you are wrong here or maybe I am, because I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop N5010 with windows 7 Home Premium. On #2, you said that a person cant hide the partition forever, even if you observe on the OEM pcs. You really provided useful information and suggestions on my questions, but I want you to elaborate further on some points I am upbringing now! Suffice it to say that they contain the code that is used to load the code that loads the code that is the operating system.Each step loads something more sophisticated and complex.Start by digesting the information above. Older versions of the tool mentioned above have an option built into the windows boot loader.remember that with a standard win7 (or above) installation, there is a hidden boot partition, which is separate from the "C" drive partition.īoot records and MBR (Master Boot Records) are an advanced topic. On #3, this all depends on the boot loader or BIOS to implement. NOTE: be careful of it is a GPT or normal partition scheme. Afterall, it is just a partition in the partition table, etc. The tool above will "hide" it, but it will still show up (as will the partions from PC vendors like HP/Dell) if you look hard enough. On #2, you can't really hide it "forever". NOTE: Win8 has tools that do similar things, but in a different way to allow you to "restore" things. There are a lot of posts about the tool, but the basics are to do the partitioning at the start, do the installation, allow you to customize things, then create the snapshot. On creating a recovery like partition, there is a prety good tool - that can help you do this as a part of building the OS installation. I dont know anything about them in detail! Any proper suggestions or help would be courteously appreciated!Īnd also do let me know how to use tools like MBR and playing with the boot records and all that stuff. Is there anyway to create such function for that Recovery Partition or is it simply programmed into BIOS at the time of Manufacturing at factory? Kindly in details I would like to know. Like it shouldn't show up even if you Re-partition your harddisk like OEM pcs have it hidden!ģrd Question: I also want to know how to stick that HOTKEY functionality forever like OEMs have even if you format or re-partition your hard disk drive. Long time subscriber to this forum first time participator in it! I want to know how to create a Recovery Partition with a System Image aka Windows Image with drivers and other settings installed.Ģnd Question: I also want to know how to hide that Recovery Partition properly and forever.
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