Update the hidden partition on my T61 to SP1 ?

hi, is it possible to update the hidden partition to sp1? or at least make it update automatically when doing a factory restore ? thanks!

No, its not possible to update the factory restore image on the disk.
You can use System Update to get anything new you need in terms of drivers etc after a factory restore.
Cheers,
Bill
I don't work for Lenovo

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Deleting the Hidden Partition

HI, I'm going to rebuild my system with Windows Vista, as it was shipped with XP.
In doing so, I was considering deleting the hidden partition. If I delete this, will I only be deleting the option to restore to the factory defaults? I have made recovery DVD's so if this is the case, I should be fine. Will I still have the option to hit the thinkvantage button on boot up and have some of the other tools that are there, such as diagnostics, or do I loose that as well.
Thanks
David
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I deleted my hidden partition also after making recovery discs. You can use the discs to restore everything including the hidden partition if necessary.
The info on deleting the partition is here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2367169#post2367169/
A great guide for clean installing Vista is here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=144783
Good luck!
-Paul
Message Edited by paulgj on 12-10-2008 11:24 PM
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We have created two partitions in removable drive(USB). One of the partition is active and the other is hidden. We are trying to acess the hidden partition in Win PE 3.0 environment using WMI

We have created two partitions in removable drive(USB). One of the partition is active and the other is hidden. We are trying to access the hidden partition in Win PE 3.0 environment using WMI. VBScript code snippet used to detect the partitions is given
below:-
SetobjWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:"_&
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\"&
strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
SetcolDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery
Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk")
It will return the partition which is active but fails to list the partition which is hidden. The same piece of code was supported on WinPE 2.0

I am giving the complete code, may be you are able to understand better. We are using Win32_LogicalDisk to retrieves the complete information of all the drives (like C:, D:) including removable drives.
Function
LocalDriveFound()
    strComputer =
SetobjWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:"_
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\"&
strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
SetcolDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery
"Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk")
ForEachDiskDrive
IncolDisks
        DriveLetter = Left(DiskDrive.Name,1)
        DriveType = DiskDrive.DriveType
        VolumeName = DiskDrive.VolumeName
        WScript.echo Driveletter &
"|"& Drivetype &
"|"&VolumeName
SelectCaseDriveType
Case2 ,3
'Fixed or removable
If(VolumeName=USBVolumeName)
Then
If(DriveLetter<>
"Z")
Then
                    ChangeDriveLetterWithMountvol DriveLetter,
"Z"
EndIf
                bIsLocal=
True
EndIf
If(VolumeName=USBRootName)
Then
If(DriveLetter<>
"Y")
Then
                    ChangeDriveLetterWithMountvol DriveLetter,
"Y"
EndIf
                bIsLocal=
True
EndIf
CaseElse
EndSelect
Next
SetDrives =
Nothing
SetFileSystemObject =
Nothing
End
Function

How to delete the hidden partition (about 35 GB) on my H430 HDD?

Hello dear sirs/madams
I want to delete the hidden partition in my H430 desktop. It came with DOS. I am unable to use OneKey Recovery after the reseller installed Windows 7 Ultimate x32. And it is showing the hard disk capacity is 465 GB in my 500 GB HDD. I googled and found that it has a hidden partition. I am unable to delete it using diskpart because it doesn't show the partition. Here's the screenshot of diskpart.
Link to image
Please tell me if I can still use OneKey Recovery.
Please guide me. I am using Windows 8 Pro x64.
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Hello and welcome,
Have a look at these two links (among many other similar ones The Google found):
http://www.pcmech.com/forum/computer-hardware/118330-hard-drive-showing-wrong-capacity-heres-why.htm...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
I don't think you have a hidden partition that DISKPART can't see..
Z.
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How to make a *full* backup (including the hidden partition), free solution prefered =) [T400]

Hi,
I'm planning on messing with my system a little (re-partition, install linux) and I want a full-proof recovery plan. This should work in case I *completely* mess up my HD (bad boot records, destroyed partitions, etc.)
I have an external hard drive with plenty of free space. How would I make a completely backup; something that would restore everything (including the hidden partition) to its current state?
Is there any way to do this using free/opensource?
Keep in mind that if there's a linux app that can do this, I can just boot up using a live CD and run the app from there.
Thanks in advance.

Vista or XP? What is/was the partition layout? IIRC, w/XP the 2nd partition is the service partition (hd0,1) and with Vista it is the first (hd0,0). I don't know if that is always the case, so how is your drive layed out?
ISTR that with XP the service partition is "hidded' by using an ID of 12 (or something) even though it is a FAT32 partition. Grub might be unhappy with the ID. Changing it to "C" might let it boot. That's just a WAG. My recollection is that the ID only affected where I could install the grub files, not what I could boot.
I've got some old notes here somewhere: www.beezmo.com/ThinkPadT61.htm maybe in "partitioning" or Windows XP.
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I don't know clonezillla. Will it let you restore only one of the partitions? If so, do a restore to factory (with the recovery media you made immediately on receiving the laptop) and then restore only the Vista or XP partition from clonezilla.
HTH,
Z.
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Possible to repair the hidden partition on T61p?

Hi,
it seems that my hidden partition has been damaged (not physically). Strange things happen when proceeding to a restore, mainly some software i had when i received the thinkpad isn't present after the "factory" restore....
Restoring with the cds i created doesn't fix it.
Is there a way to repair, or anyway to get the hidden partition in exactly the same "shape" it was when I bought the laptop at the retailer (less than 2 weeks ago)?
thank you
T61p 6460-D8G, Vista (downgrade to XP soon...), T9300, Quadro FX570M, 15,4' WUXGA...

i'm not sure that i've listed everything, but at least:
- Office trial, as you mentioned it (didn't even have time to use it...Do you know where i can download it? Lenovo or Microsoft?)
- Rescue and recovery at least, maybe other TV utilities, but i didn't take time to check everything yet....
The thing is, i would like to repair the hidden partition, get it in "brand new" status, create recovery CDs, so that I have the system as it came, sealed, from the retailer + the recovery set, all of that with Vista. I would preciously ("my preciousssss" :-) ) keep that in a box.
After that, i will put in the laptop a new hard disk drive I'm about to buy (7200rpm 320Go 2.5 SATA...), and install XP on it (hopefully from the Lenovo downgrade kit that came with my thinkpad)
T61p 6460-D8G, Vista (downgrade to XP soon...), T9300, Quadro FX570M, 15,4' WUXGA...

How do you update the recovery partition to 10.8.2 instead of 10.8.1

I installed MT 10.8.1 and then I updated to 10.8.2 how do I updated the recovery partition to the latest release?

If the recovery partition needed updating, it would have been updated with the update.
The OS installer isn't on the Recovery HD, if that is what you are thinking.

Updating the recovery partition...

I have been running 8.1 on this little laptop - it came loaded with 8. Out of curiosity I upgraded it to Win 10 without event and everything appeared to be working fine. I decided to return it to Win 8.1. Instead of using the Windows "revert" feature I used F10 and even though the Wizard said it had found and was restoring Win 10 it returned it to 8. Probably exactly what its supposed to do. My question/issue is "How can I update the recovery partition so that it will restore my current OS?" Thanks in advance for your help. Howard==============================VAIO® E Series LaptopModel # SVE11135CXWSerial # 54528236 0004883Service TAG C60BTK8H

Hi Howard_Woodard,
Welcome to Sony Community!
Your question was "How can I update the recovery partition so that it will restore my current OS?"
Actually, there is no way to update the recovery partition, whenever you do the Full Format Recovery it will always go back to its original operating system.
On the Recovery Wizard, what you will see there is the currect OS installed on your computer (Windows 10), when the process begun you will be reverted back to the original OS.
I hope this helps you.
-Jen
If my post answers your question, please mark it as "Accept as Solution"

Satellite A300-21H - What the hidden partition means?

Hi,
I have a Satellite A300-21H and using MS vista but will be getting dual boot ubuntu soon.
When i look up my disk size i see C drive is 148GB and then there is an E drive also at 147GB.
The E drive is ntfs ( contains a folder called HDD recovery and text file ) - i assumed this was the recovery disk but it seems rather huge!.
Then i looked into the manula to see the recover should only be 1.5GB and there is a hidden 1.5GB drive on the disk also.
My question is what is the E drive, can i merge it with the C drive? and can i wipe it and still use the 1.5 GB to recover things? and The two back up DVD's i made what are they for?
Thanks in advance:
Patrick

Hi buddy
The notebook contains 3 partitions;
One partition contains the Vista OS
The second partition contains the HDD recovery folder. This HDD recovery folder is needed for HDD recovery procedure. You can recover the notebook without using the disk. You can boot from the HDD and can start the HDD recovery process.
But its strongly recommended to create a recovery disk! This could be helpful if something will go wrong with the preinstalled OS and the HDD recovery.
Last partition (the hidden one) contains the Vista backup files called WinRE.
This backup files are needed in order to repair the OS in critical situations
Its no recommended to remove, delete or merge this partition!

Restoring a Blank HD to factory defaults (including the hidden partition) [T400, Vista x64]

Hi,
Background info:
I'm installing linux, and instead of asking about everything at once, I'm separating my problems into multiple questions.
I plan to remove all partitions, make new ones (adding an extra one for linux) and then use the recover stuff to bring back windows
The main question (this one), is:
If I completely clear the hard drive of all partitions, and then re partition to include one extra linux (ext3) partition, can I use the "Product Recovery CDs" (the 14 cds that I have burnt using the thinkvantage software) to restore the computer to the exact factory default state? i.e., will it:
1) Completely restore vista
2) Restore the hidden recovery partition (I understand the CDs also act as a recovery partition, but there's 14 of them... I don't know how well I can maintain that many CDs, so I'd rather have another copy on the HD)
3) Not screw up the thinkvantage "stuff" (this is my first lenovo, so I'm not sure, but I want to make sure the support software doesn't go nuts once it notices there's an extra partition, etc.)
Thanks in advance.

It's you topic, so you decide what is on topic or not.
Here is the relevant part of my menu.lst:
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root        (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda4
title        Thinkvantage Rescue and Recovery
root        (hd0,3)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1
I'm running Linux Mint which is a modified Ubuntu 8.04.
T60 2623-D7U, 3 GB Ram. Dual boot XP and Linux Mint.
T400 2765-T7U Windows 7
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Update the hard drive of my T61

Hi, guys,
I want to upgrade the hard drive of my T61. My current one is only 80GB. Is there any one has good experience? I plan to buy Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2.5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT or the 7200RPM version. Are these two both working well? After upgrade the hard drive, how can I immigrate my current system to that new hard drive? Thanks in advance for any suggestion!

Either hard drive will work fine in your T61. To transfer your operating system, you can use the trail version of an Acronis boot disk to clone your old hard drive onto the new one. Or if you haven't already, you can burn the factory recovery disks and use them on your new hard drive.
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I deleted the recovery(hidden) partition and want it back..

i wiped my t61p to install korean windows and now i want it back to factory status.
I tried to do it from R&R but i wont work and i think b/c i dont have the hidden partition.
I've got no recovery cd or windows cd on me rite now....I really want it back to fresh factory status.
need help
thanks.

Welcome to the forum!
You'll need to obtain a set of recovery disks to be able to re-create the hidden partition.
Cheers,
George
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How to Upgrade Hard Disk on Lenovo 3000V100. Copying the IBM_Service hidden partition - solution

For anyone else who wants to upgrade their hard drive I offer the following solution.
The problem is that simply copying the C: drive over to the new hard drive doesn't work. The new drive hangs when booting. It turns out that Lenovo in its wisdom(?) requires that a hidden partition must be copied as well, the IBM_Service partition of 5.1G. I tried multiple ways of copying the drive that did not work
- Apricorn EZ copy didn't see my new drive at all - that may well be because I was working with a 2004 version - they haven't responded to my email questioning that.
- DriveImage XML copied the C: drive with no problem, but couldn't see the hidden partition in copying mode.
What worked?
I used my copy of Acronis True Image 11 to do the copying, making sure to keep the hidden partition the exact same size since I'd had indications in a Lenovo forum that was important.
Just boot from the CD. You'll have to use the manual mode.
The interface is a bit unnerving because you keep having to go "back" to really go to the next step in making the partitions the size you want. Other than that it works very well.
This worked flawlessly. The machine booted with no problems. I now have three times the disk space.
Jim Mitchell

Or check out this post for an alternate method. Dont let the title fool you.
Triuble Cloning Think Pad's original hard drive using Symantec Ghost

Resize/Slim/Removed Hidden Partition: The ultimate guide Part I

Claimer:
The author of this post is NOT responsible for any consequence resulted from adopting the methods of this post.
Section 0: Why bother to Tame a Preinstalled system?
0.1.    Preinstalled system comes with unwanted applications
0.2.    Prepartitioned disk may not suit the end uers needs.
0.3.    Hidden partition takes too much space
Section 1: Tools needed
1.1.    Backup tools, such as Ghost v.11 or Acronis TrueImage
1.2.    Disk Management tools, such as Acronis Disk Director or Diskgen.exe. (The latter of which is a tiny, but powerful disk management tool that runs in Win98 and (but in Chinese GUI) allows to edit disk partition parameters). I use the latter almost all the time.
1.3.    Bootup disk, such as DOS, Win98 bootup disk. Preferably Win98 since it recognizes external usb key/disk
Section 2: Before you start
2.1.   Understanding Hard Disk geometry: (Google if the reader needs more information)
Each hard disk comes with a disk geometry which includes the configuration scheme of the total cylinders, heads and sectors of the whole disk. Such a scheme is presented is CHS or LBA values.   Use disk management tools to view the disk geometry information and write down the CHS information of each partition, especially, the partition boundary information.
Usually, a partition starts with CHS=*- 0-1 and ends with CHS=*- *-63, where the second * in the ending value may quite well be 239. So, let us assume this is the disk geometry.
To be more detailed
a)      The MBR takes CHS=0-0-1
b)      The first primary partition starts from CHS=0-1-1 and ends at CHS=*-239-63, where * corresponds to the cylinder number that depends on partition size.
c)       The second and the third primary partitions start from CHS=*-0-1 and end at CHS=*-239-63
d)      But the fourth primary partition, which includes all logical partitions, starts from CHS=*-0-1 and ends at CHS=*=239-63. Specifically, each logical partition starts from CHS=*-1-1 and ends at CHS=*-239-63.
Such information is needed since with the prepartitioned hard disk, the second primary, where preinstalled windows xp/vista resides, does NOT start at the correction boundary, which should be CHS=*-0-1 and CHS=*-239-63. Thus when restoring the os by Acronis TrueImage, the application will report an error message <..disk size does not match ...> , in which case please set the partition to start from CHS=*-0-1 and end at CHS=*-239-63.
Violation of the generic disk geometry will result in Partition Magic reporting errors, such as <the partition does not end on/start from boundary>
2.2   Understanding Partition Table.
a) The MBR stores the partition table for the whole disk and stores the boot record for the OS whose booting record is injected in the MBR. Error in MBR will cause boot failure, disk read error, partition table loss or complete data loss. In the last two cases, do not write anything into the disk or format it, use data recovery tools to recover the partition table and data by binary searching techniques.
b) Each logical partition uses CHS=*-0-1 to store its boot record (which includes partition type, pointer to the file allocation table). This is why each logical partition starts from CHS=*-1-1
CAUTION: DO NOT ERASE ANY BOOT RECORD INFORMATION UNLESS YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SAVE THE DATA

CAUTION: DO NOT ERASE ANY BOOT RECORD INFORMATION UNLESS YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SAVE THE DATA
Section 3: The real Taming
2.3. Install the needed tools.
a) Install a copy of Acronis TrueImage and Acronic Disk Director.
b) backup the Hidden partition to an external usb disk
c) Use Acronis disk director resize the partition (but not always the hidden partition) and if necessary, restore a copy of windows vista/xp via the System Recovery.
or if a completely new disk configuration is wanted, please see 2.4
2.4. Extreme Taming
Caution: Operations here in this subsection are only for ADVANCED PC USERS WITH DATA RECOVERY EXPERIENCE AND A FULL UNDERSTAING OF DISK PARTITION PARAMETERS
A)     Back up the hidden partition with ghost v11 and also with Acronis TrueImage (the reason to make up two backup copies will be explained in 2.4-F), say, into hiddenpt.tib or hiddenpt.gho, and check file integrity after imaging until everything is proved correct.
B)      Bootup with win98 disk and format the whole disk with Partition Magic or diskgen.exe. Do not partition the disk with many different tools since they may assign to the same disk different disk geometries and cause compatibility issues.
C)      Usually, linux users will set up a primary partition with ext3 file format and install lilo or grub bootup loader in the first section of the root partition since windows operation systems will intentionally replace the boot record in the mbr by their own.
D)     So, usually, an advanced user will have 3 primary partitions: one for the hidden partition, another for a windows os, the rest for a windows os or a linux distridution. (I take this scheme) and then, set up a swap partition and some logical partitions
E)      Up until now, do not copy precious data onto the newly partitioned disk since an extremely dangerous operation will be carried out if need be
F)      slim the hidden partition
G)     Now Copy hiddenpt.tib or hiddenpt.ghot to some directory (backing up something is always worthwhile) (since editing the .tib or .gho file will change its contents and a copeid one for editing will assure that the original backup copy of the hidden partition is always intact)       Mount the backup image file, say, hiddenpt.tib, in read/write mode, by AcronisTrueImage or by ghostv11 if you have another windows os, or if not, restore a copy of the windows os from the hidden partition (if it is still intact) (or from hiddenpt.gho if it happens to be destroyed) and install acronic trueimage and mount the hiddenpt.tib file in read and write mode. The reason two backup copies are needed is because Acronis TrueImage needs a windows os to run (or if a winpe with acronis trueimage integrated is available, then one copy is enough) but it is much safer to use Acronis TrueImage to edit a backup .tib file than to use ghost v11 to edit a backup .gho file.

ERROR occured when update the ""Rescue and Recovery 4.2""......

dear all, i'm a newbie with the TP notebook, and i'm a chinese , sorry for my POOR english !!
hope you all will understand what i explain now......
i just buy a T61 last nite, but when i try to "UPDATE" my system, two error message shown to me.........
Error 25013: Error obtaining the Rescue and Environment drive letter
Error 25012: Error accessing the Rescue and Recovery service partition
at last, i can't finish the "Rescue and Recovery UPdate" anyway !!
and i've try to download the "Rescue and Recovery 4.2" from the web manually, but got the same error occured !!
anyone try before ?
pls help me to solve the problem !!
P.S. because i just buy my T61 within 24 hrs, i'm so worry about this !!
thanks so much !!
Regards

Hi Mark,
Good idea! No luck though, although my R&R partition is still healthy and boots nicely. I'm wondering if the solution wasn't actually the removal of your second hard drive. Other threads discuss how getting rid of network shares helped similar problems, as R&R wanted to use drive letters that were already taken by network drives. Me, I've got an "F:" that's my swap partition and a "G:" that's my fat32 partition. If the R&R upgrade program is hardcoded to mount the hidden partition as "F:" (for example), rather than trying to dynamically grab the first available drive letter, I could understand what was going on.
I'd unmount my F and G partitions if I knew how to do so in windows, but don't know of an nondestructive way to do this.
With a specific idea like this my normal (linux) next step would be to go read the source and find out if that really is the problem. Can't do that in this case unfortunately, but if a Lenovite happens to be reading this forum and can direct me to the proper place to submit a real bug report, I'll do so. Can only find service call info on the website, which doesn't help to submit a bug.
Alec

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