Can you delete the hidden IBM partition?

[Excelsior]

so?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

fdisk

- M4H

 

[BlueWeasel]

Hidden in what?

 

[BW86]

yep, fdisk or Partion Magic

 

[Excelsior]

Apparently the IBM laptops have a hidden partition, at least my suitemate tells me that. I reformatted..deleting the only partition that the Windows XP installation CD saw, then created a new partition..installed windows..etc. He had problems again later on..and the IBM tech support guys told him that the "X" parition is corrupted...

I thought maybe I needed another program to fully wipe the HD.

 

[Nothinman]

The special partition should only be necessary if you care to run the IBM recovery tools, I would also assume that deleting it would make the "Access IBM" button stop working.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Whatever you , DO NOT DELETE THAT PARTITION.

IBMs are proprietary and your computer would probably become a doorstop.

Read this thread and BEWARE.

Marc

 

[Excelsior]

Thanks Marc.