Can I make continuous linux partitions pretend to be something, to windows app

[Sylvain Girard]

I may be out of line here, but why do you need a recovery program if
everything runs fine? And I don't see why partition magic is involved in an
OEM recovery system.

On 8/18/06, Kevin Zhao <klzhao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am having problem with some OEM recovery program which find errors
> in my partitions and refuse to work. I think there is not a big deal
> as both xp and ubuntu work fine. But things like "partition magic" or
> "powerquest" do not think so, therefore i can't get recovery.
>
> On the other hand I don't want to erase my linux partitions for the
> recovery procedure as probably only the windows system partition is
> involved. Therefore I wonder if it is possible to hind those linux
> partitions, say make them appear as one single partition of type xyz,
> as long as the windows doesn't touch such type. And after recovery I
> convert the partition table back to the original state. If this trick
> works I can cheat those stubborn checking programs under win.
>
> Kevin
>
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