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June 23rd, 2004 23:00
EISA Partition
Hi, had a major crash, ( actually got locked out of my own computer, never had that happen before) had to re-install XP on my 3 week old 8300, then got a virus before I could get my anti virus back up. Anyway, I noticed on the C drive there is a 47 mb partion. Says healthy ( EISA configuration). Still having little problems like when I change the setting to show contents of a window when dragging, it changes back next time I reboot. Also it seems to take quite a bit longer to boot up now. So I'm going to do another re-install. Anyone know if that EISA partion needed? Could it be infected by a virus? Norton doesn't check that partion as far as I know?
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Timnkate
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June 24th, 2004 01:00
I believe it is the utility partition that Dell installs.
Jesse
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June 24th, 2004 01:00
dafer55.
The EISA FAT32 partition that exists on the drive, contains diagnostic software, that's installed at the factory
when the system is built. The reason for this being setup on a FAT32 partition, is so that it can be accessed
through a boot disk in case the NTFS partition is not bootable.
You do not have to have this diagnostic partition on a system for normal operation, but it may be helpful for some types of technical problems, if you have to call into Dell Technical Support.
As all the same diagnostic tools are on one of your Dell CDs, this partition can be removed without causing a problem, but once removed, it can not be recreated.
Bev.
dafer55
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June 24th, 2004 09:00
Thanks Bev, my 4100 didn't have it so wasn't sure if it was something really needed. Do you think a virus could get into that partition?
Dave
Message Edited by dafer55 on 06-24-2004 05:31 AM
shesagordie
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June 24th, 2004 15:00
dafer55 wrote :
"my 4100 didn't have it so wasn't sure if it was something really needed. Do you think a virus could get into that partition?"
I hav'nt a clue, but I would think that your AV program would include it, while scanning the hard drive.
Bev.