Where is my HPA?

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bluejamul · #1 Post by **bluejamul** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:27 pm

I bought my t42 used and since I had been unable to install R&R3, I tried to look at my HPA. I unhid it in the Bios and tried to see it with the adminstrative tools (XP Pro), Diskpart, etc. Nothing, one partition (C). It is a 40 gig HD and Explorer reports 40,007,729,152 bytes (37.2 GB). Is this normal? Did the previous owner delete the HPA? Or is there some other way to see if it is there? Thanks.

#2 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:39 pm

It does sound like it has been removed. Usually takes up around 4gigs give or take.

#3 Post by **GomJabbar** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:03 pm

You might be interested in this thread: Format HDD with IBM Hidden Partition

#4 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:27 pm

My computer mgmt tool on my t42 reports:

C:drive 32.89 GB NTFS

IBM_SERVICE: 4.37 Fat32

DISK 0: 37.26 GB

Oh yeah, my pre-desktop security is enabled. You might try re-enabling security and checking computer mgmt again.

Where is my HPA?

Where is my HPA?

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