Tough question without knowing for sure if it's something in the BIOS itself (my guess would be that it is). I'd recommend contacting the manufacturer of the computer. Chances are they'll be able to give you a pretty good answer--you may have to play the "who's your boss" game some--but it sounds like Compaq, and if it is, you should eventually get a real answer.
-Tim On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 11:25, Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
