From: Paras pradhan <pradhanparas at gmail.com> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:17 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> > wrote: >> On 09/23/11 12:33 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> Paras pradhan wrote: >>>> > Number Start End Size File system Name >>>> > Flags >>>> > 1 17.4kB 134MB 134MB Microsoft > reserved >>>> > partition msftres >>>> > 2 135MB 134GB 134GB ntfs Basic data > partition >>>> > 3 134GB 1100GB 965GB Basic data > partition >>> <snip> >>> Looks to me as though someone started to install Windows on top of your >>> box. This isn't partition data magically changed - best guess is > someone >>> started, then stopped, realizing it was the wrong box they were working >>> on. >> ay-yup, thats EXACTLY what it looks like. a NEWER version of Windows >> at that. > You mean the newer windows will create the partition schema as we are > seeing it now? And you think its the automatic partitioning by windows > if somebody has the access to this? That looks lvery much ike my Windows laptop oem partitioning scheme... 1. The hidden boot partition for a recovery install 2. The main partition (ntfs) 3. The hidden recovery data partition JD