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Type88 Partition -- what is it?
Partition Magic tells me I have a partition on my Toshiba Satellite
laptop. It says it is "Type88". When I look through the partition table, it offers many different types of partitions, but type88 is not among them. When I look in help, I don't see type88. This Type88 partition is 251MG. The HD is 80Gig. Because the Type88 partition is unmovable, according to Partition Magic, I cannot use the user interface to create a new partition. I could create a new partition only by manually altering the Partition Table. I'm afraid--very afraid--of that. I searched google for Type88 and found only one hit that was relevant. It was posted back in May, and referred to Toshiba Satellite and Partition Magic as well. However, since it is in Italian, I am at a loss to understand it. The Toshiba Satellite came preloaded with Win XP/MCE. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. If someone could help me understand what this partition is, what it does, then I could decide whether to delete it or not. I'd really like to partition this 80Gig HD into two smaller partitions, one for the OS and programs, and another for my data. Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, *((( ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Type88 Partition -- what is it?
Most likely is is a restore partition to be used with your restore CD. Most laptop companies put a
hidden partition on the system with the restore information in case something get corrupted on your machine at it has to be put back to the condition of when you pulled it out of the box. -- Dave Vair CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+ "*(((" wrote in message ... Partition Magic tells me I have a partition on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. It says it is "Type88". When I look through the partition table, it offers many different types of partitions, but type88 is not among them. When I look in help, I don't see type88. This Type88 partition is 251MG. The HD is 80Gig. Because the Type88 partition is unmovable, according to Partition Magic, I cannot use the user interface to create a new partition. I could create a new partition only by manually altering the Partition Table. I'm afraid--very afraid--of that. I searched google for Type88 and found only one hit that was relevant. It was posted back in May, and referred to Toshiba Satellite and Partition Magic as well. However, since it is in Italian, I am at a loss to understand it. The Toshiba Satellite came preloaded with Win XP/MCE. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. If someone could help me understand what this partition is, what it does, then I could decide whether to delete it or not. I'd really like to partition this 80Gig HD into two smaller partitions, one for the OS and programs, and another for my data. Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly, *((( ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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