Hello everyone: I had a question about a computer I have. It comes with a hidden XP partition used to restore the OS. It is activated by pressing <F10> during boot. I am assuming that it is some kind of boot loader like lilo where you can use it without prompt and press <shift> if you want to have a menu display.
My question is, can I safely partition the rest of the drive, not the hidden partition, install linux, and later restore XP? Is the F10 mechanism some type of booloader or is it burned into a chip? I am affraid that if I install lilo or grub I might never get to boot into the hidden partition again. Thanks, Alvaro Zuniga
