Type88 Partition -- what is it?

[Guest]

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,
<*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[David Vair]

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.