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JE3146 · 05-12-2009, 09:03 AM

I found this trick a while back working on people's computers. As long as the partitions are in tact, you can boot with Grub (Yes a linux loader), on either a USB, CD, 3.5" disk, whatever.. and the image on the partition of the hard drive that is not normally seen will be a bootable image under the grub auto loader.

I've never tested this with Dell's, but I know it works with HP/Compaq. Might be worth a shot

To to recap the issue. If you have a ghost image on a hidden partition that you didn't burn to a CD and the drive partitions are still in tact. Use grub to boot the recovery partition

But I see you fixed it... hopefully this can be of use to someone else.

05-12-2009, 09:03 AM	#14
JE3146 Jordan #2 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jordan Location: Tigard, OR Posts: 2,115 Trading: (26)	Re: No more Dells for me I found this trick a while back working on people's computers. As long as the partitions are in tact, you can boot with Grub (Yes a linux loader), on either a USB, CD, 3.5" disk, whatever.. and the image on the partition of the hard drive that is not normally seen will be a bootable image under the grub auto loader. I've never tested this with Dell's, but I know it works with HP/Compaq. Might be worth a shot To to recap the issue. If you have a ghost image on a hidden partition that you didn't burn to a CD and the drive partitions are still in tact. Use grub to boot the recovery partition But I see you fixed it... hopefully this can be of use to someone else.