-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, 2010-03-02 at 15:11 -0800, Thomas Taylor wrote: ...
Windows vista and 7 both use the restore partition to restore the factory default system. Manufacturers use this to save money. That way they don't have to include a system DVD with the system, just make the user available space smaller.
This shows the ls of /dev/sda1 on my Dell Studio laptop: tom@laptop=/home/tom $ laptop:/home/tom # mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt tom@laptop=/home/tom $ laptop:/home/tom # ls /mnt tom@laptop=/home/tom $ Boot bootmgr BOOTSECT.BAK $RECYCLE.BIN System Volume Information
That's the system partition, a small partition used for booting. There is another one; mine shows: minas-tirith:~ # ls /windows/recovery/ $RECYCLE.BIN CSP.DAT HP_WSD.dat Recovery boot hp language.ini system.sav BT_COMPAQ.FLG DeployRp.log RPCONFIG.LOG System Volume Information bootmgr hpdrcu.prc preload - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuNn2YACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XaOACbBJLwrRR3EFwWFzik476hnd7T v80An1xoveavjRgcEVZ+71BQ3TZXadc4 =IKLe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org