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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:34:28 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net

(Ben Myers) wrote:

>Yes, you can create a Dell diagnostic partition on a bare hard drive. Or at
>least I can. Or I did, and I can do it again, sometimes.
>
>

Isn't all this about the same thing as setting up a dual boot
situation and putting into the first partition, the files you want to
run? And instead of fdisk, I think Partition Magic is preferred now
but thats assuming cost isn't an issue.

I too started in dos and agree that even nowadays it helps to remember
the old days. Frankly I'm a bit rusty in some of the old dos things I
did (low levels, high levels, batch programming, etc..) but it's good
to have started in dos and them moved into windows. I've seen people
who just started in windows and when in trouble, have no clue what to
do outside windows.

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 11:10:47 AM 1

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It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type is not
standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS recognizing the non-standard
partition type. To do it absolutely right, the diagnostic partition must be
created before the operating system partition... Ben Myers

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:12:34 -0600, Patrick wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:34:28 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net

>(Ben Myers) wrote:
>
>>Yes, you can create a Dell diagnostic partition on a bare hard drive. Or at
>>least I can. Or I did, and I can do it again, sometimes.

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>>
>>
>
>
>Isn't all this about the same thing as setting up a dual boot
>situation and putting into the first partition, the files you want to
>run? And instead of fdisk, I think Partition Magic is preferred now
>but thats assuming cost isn't an issue.
>
>I too started in dos and agree that even nowadays it helps to remember
>the old days. Frankly I'm a bit rusty in some of the old dos things I
>did (low levels, high levels, batch programming, etc..) but it's good
>to have started in dos and them moved into windows. I've seen people
>who just started in windows and when in trouble, have no clue what to
>do outside windows.

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 11:10:48 AM 1

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:10:47 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net

(Ben Myers) wrote:

>It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type is not
>standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS recognizing the non-standard
>partition type. To do it absolutely right, the diagnostic partition must be
>created before the operating system partition... Ben Myers
>

Is this non-standard partition a hidden partition?

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 03:44:35 PM 1

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Ben Myers wrote:

> It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type is not
> standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS recognizing the non-standard
> partition type. To do it absolutely right, the diagnostic partition must be
> created before the operating system partition... Ben Myers
>

Although it wouldn't have suited Ben's purpose (setting up the system

like it is from the factory), it's fairly simple procedure if you go the
dual boot route. Simply create a DOS partition, copy all the recovery
files there, and use a boot loader like Grub to access the partition
(instead of booting with F12). Assuming the partition is on the primary
master first partition, the grub entry is simply:

title Dell Utility

rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 04:53:44 PM 1

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<Patrick> wrote:
> Isn't all this about the same thing as setting up a dual boot situation
....
>
> > It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type
> > is not standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS
> > recognizing the non-standard partition type.
>
> Is this non-standard partition a hidden partition?

Essentially, yeah, it's a kind of dualboot (though not that dopey scheme
Microsoft calls a dualboot). But instead of using an external boot manager,
the boot menu is built into the bios, and unlike an external boot manager
the user has no control over the bios boot menu. The built-in menu is
already there in the bios, intended for Dell's special purpose. Ben is just

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trying to restore Dell's special purpose so the menu option isn't orphaned.
(I'm the one who is co-opting it for additional purposes.)

Note it's the partition table indicator that's non-standard, not the actual
partition itself (which is a standard FAT16 partition). The non-standard
partition-type indicator in the partition table has the effect of making the
partition "hidden" to normal operating systems in other partitions. That's
no different than how standard boot managers or partition managers (like
PartitionMagic) hide a partition--they just change the partition-type
indicator in the partition table to a non-standard value (though by now
they've standardized what non-standard values they use <g> ). The partition
itself is never altered, only the partition table. Any non-standard value
will effectively hide a partition, but Dell has chosen to use 0xDE because
nobody else uses it, and thus they can customize their bios to look for it.
Dell does this deliberately so it doesn't interfere with the main OS when
Windows boots normally.

Note that "hidden" has always been something of a misnomer--a better term is
"disguised". Even when standard boot managers or partition managers (like
PartitionMagic) "hide" a partition, that doesn't make it invisible to
Windows--Windows knows it's there, but the non-standard partition-type
indicator fools Windows into not trying to read or use it. Look at a hidden
partition in XP's Disk Management snap-in and it will be there, but it will
be listed as "(Unknown Partition)" and won't have a drive letter.

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 04:53:45 PM 1

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:53:44 GMT, "dg1261" <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com>

wrote:

>
><Patrick> wrote:
>> Isn't all this about the same thing as setting up a dual boot situation
>...
>>
>> > It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type
>> > is not standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS
>> > recognizing the non-standard partition type.
>>
>> Is this non-standard partition a hidden partition?
>
>Essentially, yeah, it's a kind of dualboot (though not that dopey scheme
>Microsoft calls a dualboot). But instead of using an external boot manager,
>the boot menu is built into the bios, and unlike an external boot manager
>the user has no control over the bios boot menu. The built-in menu is
>already there in the bios, intended for Dell's special purpose. Ben is just
>trying to restore Dell's special purpose so the menu option isn't orphaned.
>(I'm the one who is co-opting it for additional purposes.)
>
>Note it's the partition table indicator that's non-standard, not the actual
>partition itself (which is a standard FAT16 partition). The non-standard
>partition-type indicator in the partition table has the effect of making the
>partition "hidden" to normal operating systems in other partitions. That's
>no different than how standard boot managers or partition managers (like
>PartitionMagic) hide a partition--they just change the partition-type
>indicator in the partition table to a non-standard value (though by now
>they've standardized what non-standard values they use <g> ). The partition
>itself is never altered, only the partition table. Any non-standard value
>will effectively hide a partition, but Dell has chosen to use 0xDE because
>nobody else uses it, and thus they can customize their bios to look for it.
>Dell does this deliberately so it doesn't interfere with the main OS when
>Windows boots normally.
>
>Note that "hidden" has always been something of a misnomer--a better term is
>"disguised". Even when standard boot managers or partition managers (like
>PartitionMagic) "hide" a partition, that doesn't make it invisible to
>Windows--Windows knows it's there, but the non-standard partition-type
>indicator fools Windows into not trying to read or use it. Look at a hidden
>partition in XP's Disk Management snap-in and it will be there, but it will
>be listed as "(Unknown Partition)" and won't have a drive letter.
>
>

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The only reason I brought up the dual boot question was because a long
time ago, I had set up some pc's that way (not currently tho) but I
never had a need for hidden partitions. Maybe it's not a bad idea to
do it again with a hidden partition with certain handy utils built in
to a menu. Others would rather just carry these handy utils on a cd
instead. But Ben had a good question or idea to consider even if we
don't do it Dell's way.

BTW, I haven't seen such a nice well written description / explanation

like this in a long time. Even tho I knew most (not all) of what
you're saying, I couldn't have explained it as well as you. Are you a
writer by chance?? Thanks for taking the time to explain it so well.

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 07:02:56 PM 1

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The partition is hidden only in the sense that it has a partition type which is
not recognized by Micro$oft operating systems. So it does not get assigned a
drive letter. Not sure how Linux would treat it... Ben Myers

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:09:12 -0600, Patrick wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:10:47 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net

>(Ben Myers) wrote:
>
>>It's a little different than a straight dual boot. The partition type is not
>>standard. The dual boot depends on the system BIOS recognizing the non-standard
>>partition type. To do it absolutely right, the diagnostic partition must be
>>created before the operating system partition... Ben Myers
>>
>
>
>Is this non-standard partition a hidden partition?

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Anonymous 03-15-2005 at 05:28:19 PM 0

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Patrick wrote:

>ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:

>>Yes, you can create a Dell diagnostic partition on a bare hard drive. Or at
>>least I can. Or I did, and I can do it again, sometimes.

[Snip dual-boot stuff]

>I too started in dos and agree that even nowadays it helps to remember
>the old days. Frankly I'm a bit rusty in some of the old dos things I
>did (low levels, high levels, batch programming, etc..) but it's good
>to have started in dos and them moved into windows. I've seen people
>who just started in windows and when in trouble, have no clue what to
>do outside windows.

I have loved this delightful jaunt down memory lane to the BADD,
even if I did get a tad crabby with Brad Licastese [sorry, Brad].
Thanks, Ben, for starting us off on the journey.
--
OJ III
[Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading.
Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.]

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Anonymous 03-16-2005 at 12:38:19 AM 1

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Ben Myers wrote:

> Not sure how Linux would treat it... Ben Myers
>
It's mountable just like any FAT or FAT32 partition; assuming it's on

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your primary hdd's first partition (and the drive is PATA):

mkdir /mnt/dell
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dell

If you want it to mount during boot, add to your /etc/fstab:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/dell vfat defaults,user 0 0

If you'd like to boot directly to it, add the fillowing lines to grub:
title Dell Utility
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

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Anonymous 03-16-2005 at 05:00:06 AM 0

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<Patrick> wrote:
> The only reason I brought up the dual boot question was because
> a long time ago, I had set up some pc's that way (not currently tho)
> but I never had a need for hidden partitions. Maybe it's not a bad
> idea to do it again with a hidden partition with certain handy utils
> built in to a menu. Others would rather just carry these handy
> utils on a cd instead. But Ben had a good question or idea to
> consider even if we don't do it Dell's way.

I'm an avid proponent of multibooting, as one can guess from my webpage at

www.goodells.net/multibooting. I've also setup all my kids' computers to
dualboot with partitions hidden from each other. One boot partition is
where they do their real work (schoolwork, email, dtp projects, etc.), while
the other is where they do their Kazaa and similar risky stuff. This way
the inevitable viruses and other junk don't bring down the entire computer.
Every few months or so we can wipe the Kazaa partition and restore it from a
clean backup image, all without compromising their trusted partition. Note
the Dell diagnostic partition wouldn't be suitable to dualboot a full-blown
Windows partition like this because of FAT16 limitations, though it's ideal
for a utility partition.

> BTW, . . . Are you a writer by chance??

Not really. Though I did spend several years developing and teaching
training classes (each class was 3-6 months long) for the Social Security
Administration--hence my bemusement at the wildly off-topic Social Security
threads in this newsgroup right now. That, plus a decade of coaching youth
soccer/baseball/softball (3 kids, all grown now) has given me lots of
practice in rephrasing concepts for different audiences.

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Anonymous 03-16-2005 at 11:13:49 PM 0

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dg1261 wrote:
> <Patrick> wrote:
>
>>The only reason I brought up the dual boot question was because
>>a long time ago, I had set up some pc's that way (not currently tho)
>>but I never had a need for hidden partitions. Maybe it's not a bad
>>idea to do it again with a hidden partition with certain handy utils
>>built in to a menu. Others would rather just carry these handy
>>utils on a cd instead. But Ben had a good question or idea to
>>consider even if we don't do it Dell's way.
>
>
> I'm an avid proponent of multibooting, as one can guess from my webpage at
> www.goodells.net/multibooting. I've also setup all my kids' computers to
> dualboot with partitions hidden from each other. One boot partition is
> where they do their real work (schoolwork, email, dtp projects, etc.), while
> the other is where they do their Kazaa and similar risky stuff. This way
> the inevitable viruses and other junk don't bring down the entire computer.
> Every few months or so we can wipe the Kazaa partition and restore it from a
> clean backup image, all without compromising their trusted partition. Note
> the Dell diagnostic partition wouldn't be suitable to dualboot a full-blown
> Windows partition like this because of FAT16 limitations, though it's ideal
> for a utility partition.
>

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>
>>BTW, . . . Are you a writer by chance??
>
>
> Not really. Though I did spend several years developing and teaching
> training classes (each class was 3-6 months long) for the Social Security
> Administration--hence my bemusement at the wildly off-topic Social Security
> threads in this newsgroup right now. That, plus a decade of coaching youth
> soccer/baseball/softball (3 kids, all grown now) has given me lots of
> practice in rephrasing concepts for different audiences.
>
>
I noticed you mentioned you put Partition Magic in your boot menu, I was
curious what the licensing for PM is? Are you alowed to use it on
multiple computers, or are you suppose to buy a seperate license for
each PC?

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Anonymous 03-17-2005 at 02:53:02 AM 0

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"Nicholas Andrade" <sdnick484@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:

> I noticed you mentioned you put Partition Magic in your boot
> menu, I was curious what the licensing for PM is? Are you
> alowed to use it on multiple computers, or are you suppose
> to buy a seperate license for each PC?

The Dimension 4600 I setup with the customized Dell Utility partition was
for a company with their own copy of PartitionMagic.

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Rager'nother 11-28-2008 at 03:32:59 PM 0

Mmm, UBCD will have all the tools to work with this.

I blew up my mbr screwing with Ubuntu, running it live -boink- using the partitioning tool.
Everything on my boot disk was marked unallocated. (Oh', what backups?)

Used testdisk on the Ubuntu rescue remix cd available with a little giggling, and got all my data back.
Testdisk was successful for me. But I've lost the diag partition in my dumbness. It's now revealed as
the FAT it is, and of course useless to run inside the XP gui.

Repairing the mbr disabled the F12> diag partition boot.

Deeper search- using testdisk found a third fat partition that is perhaps a boot loader for the diag
part. I played with testdisk again, but the first good boot with XP auto-started chkdisk, to clean up
"dirty data".

Another tool id-ed (perhaps) the same code as a bios of some flavor. sheesh. And I never saved it.
XP's recovery console seems to have wiped any sign of it, with the fixboot and fixmbr commands.
Aother run of testdisk found nothing on a short run of the -deeper search- option.

I want to reload the Dell restore disk and whatever it takes to get the F12 functionality back and
copy, or at least look at the mbr code, if it works.

Templates/ or ideas for the .bat file suggestion in this thread can be located on the Dell utilities cd.

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Anonymous 03-04-2009 at 06:34:17 PM 1

On a bare hard drive all you need is the Dell Diagnostic disk.
1. Boot from the Dell Diagnostic disk
2. Then quit to Dos.
3.Type the following in the command prompt. (note each line is followed by [Enter] key)
cd\diags\insp32
dir
4. Note the name of the directory that starts A#### (ex. A1257) remember the ####
5. Type the following in the command prompt. (note each line is followed by [Enter] key)
cd\upc32\uptools\
mkup 1257
6. Run the utility. Repeat steps 1-5
7. Your done!

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