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barrowhill
Trying to fix Sony VAIO laptop - errors on repair install and no recovery CD
available. Have downloaded service manual and removed HDD (Toshiba 100GB).
Have USB Combo Adapter (IDE/SATA) so connected to own PC and running Acronis
Disc Director and can see 3 partitions
Partion 1 is Recovery Partition, 2 OS and Programs and 3 Documents etc.
Now Partion 1 has no drive letter and I cannot allocate so not visible in My
Computer/Windows Explorer. I cannot copy this partion either. Partion type
is according to Acronis "0x12 (Compaq Setup)", whilst under Administrative
Tools\ Disk Management it's "EISA Configuration" Again, under disk
management cannot assign driver letter as only option available under right
click of mouse is "help"
I was hoping I could burn to CD/DVD and use to recover laptop . Can anyone
explain the meaning of these partition types and why I'm prevented from
copying. I assume it would of been used to create a recovery CD by the user
as it's common place now for cd's not to be provided. Any help here
appreciated.
available. Have downloaded service manual and removed HDD (Toshiba 100GB).
Have USB Combo Adapter (IDE/SATA) so connected to own PC and running Acronis
Disc Director and can see 3 partitions
Partion 1 is Recovery Partition, 2 OS and Programs and 3 Documents etc.
Now Partion 1 has no drive letter and I cannot allocate so not visible in My
Computer/Windows Explorer. I cannot copy this partion either. Partion type
is according to Acronis "0x12 (Compaq Setup)", whilst under Administrative
Tools\ Disk Management it's "EISA Configuration" Again, under disk
management cannot assign driver letter as only option available under right
click of mouse is "help"
I was hoping I could burn to CD/DVD and use to recover laptop . Can anyone
explain the meaning of these partition types and why I'm prevented from
copying. I assume it would of been used to create a recovery CD by the user
as it's common place now for cd's not to be provided. Any help here
appreciated.