---- "Carlos E. R."
On 2013-06-04 04:43, j.e.perry@cox.net wrote:
I backed up my W7 system, but I don't want to lose the vendor-supplied recovery partition (there is, of course, no recovery dvd).
I'm almost sure you can clone it from Windows. Maybe there is a program supplied by the manufacturer that creates it. If not, you can use ghost like tools to clone it externally.
I don't know of one. And another customer asked Samsung this question after he'd wiped it without thinking to back up the recovery partition, and the reply was "send it in for repair". I know I can do it with dd, but I have to get a dd running first, which means installing 12.3, which means possibly (probably?) wiping the partition. I have no compelling reason to believe the recovery partition is corrupt, but I've tried several times to repair the W7 partition (200G out of 1TB), and Windows always says it's succeeded, and appears to work fine, but if I fire up Windows maintenance again, it repeats the error message, and takes another 15 -- 20 minutes to repair it again. Repeat ... Repeat ...
When I boot into 12.3 install, I get the message, "You have to delete all existing partitions to get a valid uefi boot partition", or text to that effect. There are no other options offered (the present partition setup is corrupt due to the disastrous 12.2 attempt), and I see no way to avoid wiping the recovery partition.
If the layout is corrupt due to previous attempts, simply run the manufacturer recovery procedure on that partition. Let it reinstall Windows, then try again with openSUSE.
Tried that; that's how I got a running system back after the VB/12.2 disaster. It's a 64-bit Home Premium system, Andrey. I've been thinking about buying a W7Pro package (several Windows-only programs needed), but the "send for repair" demand from Samsung worries me. And, of, course, the cost of W7Pro. jp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org