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December 17th 03, 06:50 PM
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Utility Partition
Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell
Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks! 
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December 17th 03, 07:16 PM
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Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your
Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks!
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December 18th 03, 03:03 AM
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I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time.
"Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks!
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December 18th 03, 10:06 AM
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1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you =
HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in = size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in = multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily = move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or = DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, = another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single = Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other = applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in = WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition.=20 d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem = to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that = is used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in = the program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can = copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip = file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics = (Graphical User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, = A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...S=3DWW1++&OSL= =3DEN&SvcTag=3D&SysID=3DDIM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and = place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you = created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different = Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows = interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. --=20 Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message = ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from = this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a = different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained = in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of = a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks!
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#5
December 18th 03, 01:17 PM
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why fat32?
-- Dave M Radeon 9800Pro 256mb P4 2.8 oc to 3.1 "Rich/rerat" wrote in message ... 1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition. d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that is used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in the program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...IM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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#6
December 18th 03, 02:34 PM
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because it is a DOS based utility.
"dmac" wrote in message ... why fat32? -- Dave M Radeon 9800Pro 256mb P4 2.8 oc to 3.1 "Rich/rerat" wrote in message ... 1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition. d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that is used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in the program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...IM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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#7
December 18th 03, 04:33 PM
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ok, thanks
makes sense now. -- Dave M Radeon 9800Pro 256mb P4 2.8 oc to 3.1 "WSZsr" wrote in message .. . because it is a DOS based utility. "dmac" wrote in message ... why fat32? -- Dave M Radeon 9800Pro 256mb P4 2.8 oc to 3.1 "Rich/rerat" wrote in message ... 1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition. d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that is used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in the program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...IM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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December 18th 03, 08:07 PM
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Hi Rich/rerat,
Thanks for you help. Two questions: a. Does your procedure automatically make the partition bootable from the Dell BIOS boot menu? b. I remember the partition to be FAT16, no letter assigned and hidden. Does it make a difference or does it work all ways? Thanks, Diederik "Rich/rerat" wrote in message ... 1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition. d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that is used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in the program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...IM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks!
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December 19th 03, 11:27 AM
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Let me answer b. first. You will need to initially assign a letter to =
the partition, so from "My Computer", you can first format the drive = that you created. I don't know how PartMagic does this function. Another = reason that you will need to assign this drive a letter. After the drive = is formatted you will need to be able to see the drive so you can copy = the diagnostic files to that drive. You can then make the drive hidden = when you are finished. 1. Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage = Disk Management 2. Right-Click on the FAT32 drive Change Letter & Paths Remove button. = The drive will now be hidden in "My Computer", but will be seen in the = Disk Management folder. The FAT16 requirement, maybe for earlier Windows = OS's. All I know is to use FAT32. For a., all I can find in the Dell Support pages that you will need to = still boot you PC from the Resourse CD for diagnostics. The only reason = I can figure, that the Diagnostic software is installed on the Hidden = drive, is that it allows the USER, while using the Dell Support Page = interface, to recognize PC's Tag#, software & hardware configurations. = That is why many people state that you don't need this drive/partition = for diagnostic testing. Maybe someone else can tell you if the drive/partition is bootable, and = how to do it. --=20 Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Diederik" wrote in message = news:nNnEb.12418$Gq4.96368@zonnet-reader-1... Hi Rich/rerat, Thanks for you help. Two questions: a. Does your procedure automatically make the partition bootable from = the Dell BIOS boot menu? b. I remember the partition to be FAT16, no letter assigned and hidden. = Does it make a difference or does it work all ways? Thanks, Diederik "Rich/rerat" wrote in message ... 1. You will need to create a FAT32 partition first on your HDD, if you = HDD is formatted in NTFS. You should make the partition at least 32MB in = size. If you are using WinXP, and have your HDD already split in multiple partitions, you can do this within WinXP. a. It is a pain in the butt, because you will need to temporarily = move the FILES in that partition to another one, or copy to CD's or DVD's. b. Delete the partition, then recreate two (2) partitions, one NTFS, another FAT32 (at least 32MB). If you have set up your HDD as a single Partition, you will either need to reinstall WinXP, all you other applications, and Data files. c. If you created the partition in the Disk Management Program in = WinXP, you will need to assign a Drive Letter to this partition. d. The less intrusive way is to use Partition_Magic, which you seem = to have already, to create a FAT32 partition from the NTFS format that is = used commonly in XP PC's. If you use Partition_Magic, I believe in the = program, you can assign a letter to this FAT32 partition. e. You will need to format the created partition(s), before you can = copy files to it/them. 2. If you are using WinXP you can download and place in a folder, a zip = file called CDD1220.exe , [Diagnostics: Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical = User Interface version), Diagnostics, English, Multi System, A1220]: http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devi...S=3DWW1++&OSL= =3DEN&SvcTag=3D&SysID=3DDIM_PNT_P4_4550 3. In the folder that you created for the file, open the zip file, and = place (copy/paste) the "unzipped" files in the FAT32 partition that you = created. I believe there are similar version of this above program for different Windows & Linux OS's in the Support pages at Dell. I did this for my Dimension 4600 with little problems, using the Windows interface, so I cannot comment directly using Partition_Magic. --=20 Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule "Tom Scales" wrote in message ... I'm not aware of a way to restore it. Mine's been gone for a long time. "Diederik" wrote in message news:LJ2Eb.6135$Gq4.66391@zonnet-reader-1... I know it's on the CD. It is handy at some times though to boot from = this partition instead of the CD. So can anybody help me re-installing this partition? Diederik FYI Tom: I deleted it when using partition magic to configure a = different harddrive. "Tom Swift" wrote in message s.com... Everything that was in that hidden partition (and more) is contained = in your Dell Dimension Resources CD. Enjoy the extra disk space. (You 'accidentally' removed a hidden partition?) Tom Swift "Diederik" wrote in message news:nz1Eb.6103$Gq4.57617@zonnet-reader-1... Does anyone have a (ghost) image of the 39MB Utility Partition of = a Dell Dimension 4550? I accidently removed it from my hard drive... Thanks!
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