Public bug reported: I have an HP laptop where Windows Vista came preinstalled. It has a recovery partition. But that partition is detected as Windows Vista (loader) instead of Windows Recovery Environment.
The partition's label is HP_RECOVERY. On Windows only one file is visible on the partition, called HP_RECOVERY, but if I mount it on Linux, all of the partition's content is visible. When mounted on Linux (udisks --mount /dev/sda4) it looks like a normal recovery environment, with folders such as boot, HP_RECOVERY and Windows. Using Quantal's os-prober didn't change anything. $ sudo os-prober /dev/sda1:Windows Vista (loader):Windows:chain /dev/sda4:Windows Vista (loader):Windows1:chain On sda1 I have my Windows, sda4 (originally it was sda2) is the recovery partition. I know that there are also Windows 7 users who have a recovery partition that's detected as a Vista loader. ** Affects: os-prober (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: I have an HP laptop where Windows Vista came preinstalled. It has a recovery partition. But that partition is detected as Windows Vista (loader) instead of Windows Recovery Environment. The partition's label is HP_RECOVERY. On Windows only one file is visible on the partition, called HP_RECOVERY, but if I mount it on Linux, all of the partition's content is visible. When mounted on Linux (udisks --mount /dev/sda4) it looks like a normal recovery environment, with folders such as boot, HP_RECOVERY and Windows. Using Quantal's os-prober didn't change anything. $ sudo os-prober /dev/sda1:Windows Vista (loader):Windows:chain /dev/sda4:Windows Vista (loader):Windows1:chain On sda1 I have my Windows, sda4 (originally it was sda2) is the recovery partition. + + I know that there are also Windows 7 users who have a recovery partition + that's detected as a Vista loader. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1022064 Title: os-prober detects HP's recovery environment as Windows Vista (loader) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/1022064/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs