Re: OT: Hidden service disk

[Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>]

T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Major PC vendors store their system installation/rescue disks in 1st 
> partition (and call it service disk). I'm wondering how they are able to 
> hide the partition from Windows. Is any tools under Linux that can create 
> such hidden partitions from Windows. If so, how? and can Linux access 
> such hidden partitions?
>
> Thanks

Check the partition type of the hidden partition. `fdisk -l <device>' 
should tell you that. It is probably set to empty or hidden or something 
similar.

I think you should be able to mount the partition in the usual way if it 
contains any filesystem that linux recognizes.

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