<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css"> p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } </style></head><body style=" font-family:'URW Bookman L'; font-size:18pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;"> On Monday, November 05, 2012 09:46:03 AM L V Gandhi wrote: > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Alvin <info@alvin.be> wrote: > > On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:14:18 +0100, L V Gandhi <lvglist@gmail.com> wrote: > > I purchased the above laptop with win8 and touchscreen today. When I > > > >> checked disk management I found that it already have 4 primary > >> partitions; 1)500 mb recovery, > >> 2) 500 mb for EFI > >> 3) 687gb for running win8 and > >> 4) 11.5gb for recovery partition. > >> Though I can install Kubuntu in virtual machine, is there any possiblity > >> of > >> dual booting keeping recovery partitions as I do not want to forego > >> warrenty. Any one has installed dual booting in such a system? > > > > I suppose these are GPT partitions? In that case, you should be able to > > split the win8 partition. I've never heard of a voided warranty because > > one removed the 'recovery partition'. > > > > - Recovery for what? Certainly not disk crashes. > > - It's 12 GB. Might be not that much nowadays, but still. It's 12GB. > > - In a month, your recovery partition will be outdated. > > - Isn't that partition full of crapware? > > > > The chance that your Acer will break within the warranty period is very > > high. Believe me, I sold Acer years ago. There are a few Acer notebooks > > that I never saw again, but most broke fairly soon. It's in your best > > interest to keep an external backup. If you want some sort of recovery, I > > can recommend Clonezilla. It's even a boot option of > > http://partedmagic.com/. > > > > If you want to play it very safe: > > - Take an image of the whole *disk* now. > > - Format and install as you like. When you make a mistake, restore the > > image. > > - If everything is ok, make another image. Either the whole disk, or the > > separate Windows and Linux partitions. That'll be a more useful recovery > > image. > > My experience with acer is good. I have netbook from acer bought on 2008 > still working nicely. > Present products have good review from custoimers from all sites like > amazon, bestbuy etc. > > coming to my problem my laptop is having GPT partitions as you rightly > suggested. It has EFI system partition for boot. My kubuntu 1204 cd could > not boot when my BIOS was in UEFI boot mode. When I changed it to legacy, > it could boot. After booting cfdisk could not see partitions because of > GPT. When I tried taking image using mercurium reflect in DVD, I get > message that DVD formating could not be done. But I could play music and > boot KUBUNTU in legacy BIOS mode. > As You suggested, I will try clonezilla. Just as a note, I have three Acer systems, a desktop, a notebook (the oldest, about 4 years old), and a netbook. All have some version of Linux and all work great (the notebook needs a new battery). I recommend Acer systems to all my clients as I've never had to call tech support for any of them. Can't say that about Dell or HP. Mark -- </body></html>