ibm laptop predesktop partition?

What color is it? What voltage does it work on? Is there a fuse?

KORISNIK "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

RTFM. Oh wait, it's a stolen laptop so you don't /have/ the manual, right? Give yourself in at the nearest police station, please.

I think you might find it useful to disclose the exact model number of your laptop. Not all IBM Thinkpads are the same. It might also be helpful if you would disclose what you're trying to accomplish.

restore from t43 predesktop is the goal bur how do you start it or at least make a bootable dvd out of it ; also following bios predesktop settings are confusing secure=3Dno change,(AND HIDDEN?) normal=3Dhidden from os,changeOk(YOU NEED SOME SPECIAL PROG TO CHANGE IT?) disabled=3Dnot usable.visible and reclaimable(FIRST TIME BOOT TO OS WILL START OVERWRITTING IT)?

Jeff, I consider myself quite talented at converting badly written material into something comprehensible. But if you understand what this guy is trying to convey -- my hat's off to you.

You can hide/unhide a partition with any partition manager. I use GParted.

To recover your T43, see:

If you wish to preserve the data on the hard disk, I would advise you to make an IMAGE backup of your hard disk before proceeding. I use Acronis True Image 2011, but there are free versions that should work. If you make a mistake, restore the image and try again.

Also, it might be helpful if you would supply the name of the operating system you're trying to recover.

Thanks. I needed a challenge. Most usenet questions are easily answered with a bit of Googling and some intelligent guesswork. Decoding English as a second language type postings adds the necessary challenge. If you do a reverse DNS lookup on the IP address in the header, it resolves to: cable-188-2-16-188.dynamic.sbb.rs which is near Belgrade, Serbia. SBB is Serbia BroadBand:

In this case, I think he's trying to recover the operating system on an IBM T43 laptop, which was eaten by a virus. Not a big deal, but he'll need a way to boot to the recovery partition before proceeding.