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Would a hidden partition on a drive(my laptop)contain info about the size of the drive its on or just the stuff needed to recover the system?
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it depends on the manufacturer.
i used to have a pc with software preinstalled on a recovery partition and on a recovery cd.
when i tried to install a bigger hd and used the recovery cd it refused to install, i got errors.
the only way to know is to try it.
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compaq2 (03/09/2008)
it depends on the manufacturer.
i used to have a pc with software preinstalled on a recovery partition and on a recovery cd.
when i tried to install a bigger hd and used the recovery cd it refused to install, i got errors.
the only way to know is to try it.
The same thing happened to me with the dragon's Acer lappy.
In the end I gave up with XP and installed Ubuntu. Works a treat.
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i had that on my laptop, however it let me make a set of restore disks that when used will put it back how it was when i first got it
in other words i can format my entire HDD and use it for vista but when i go to flog it i can put XP back on with no problems 
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| I've never tried it, but I would have thought that cloning the whole drive would copy the hidden partition too. Surely thats how the OEMs do it
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