Comments on: First look at the Lenovo IdeaPad S10

By: Subhas

Subhas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:06:27 +0000

How to load OS on lenovo S10 Laptop.

By: Subhas

Subhas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:06:27 +0000

How to load OS on lenovo S10 Laptop.

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gilagadget.com » Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Dibongkar! — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:14:45 +0000

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By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:32:20 +0000

Just realized it will let you disable the wireless card but not the camera. I must have missed that. That's what I get for writing a quickie review with a bad cold. Sorry guys. There still arent hardly any options there though.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:32:20 +0000

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:39:23 +0000

Thanks, Garamond. These links will help if I decide on the S10 and give me a starting point when I repartition my Lenovo 3000 N100 as well.

By: Garamond

Garamond — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:51:05 +0000

Those planning to mess with the partitions (like I will when I get my S10) to put Linux on it or even just to understand and rearrange them should look at these posts on the Ideapad list:

http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?boar...

http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?boar...

http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?boar...

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:55:02 +0000

So it sounds like the recovery partition can't be preserved while changing or adding other partitions, without just copying it elsewhere and then moving it back?

Do you think the free Partition Logic is a safe or comparable alternative to Partition Magic? (Looks like neither of them is intended for Vista.)

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:31:21 +0000

Thanks for the information. My bigger Lenovo laptop has the one-button recovery partition, but only the C: drive shows up in the device manager, and I've been concerned that Lenovo recovery partitions could be wiped out while repartitioning.

By: m

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:20:42 +0000

yes, except you'd still have to wipe the data from the recovery partition, which is almost 80% full. There is always some risk of data loss, and the redistribution often takes HOURS. Partition Magic is a very useful tool to have, in any case. It's usually the first thing I install.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:10:26 +0000

The D drive was visible from My Computer. The 7GB partition was only available from Device Manager.

Since it did't come with a restore disk there is a way to make yourself oe out of a Windows install using Nlite. I've ever done it – but a co-worker says it isnt hard.

Your other choice would be to wipe the other two partitions ad use somethig like Partition Magic to resize the space.

By: John B

John B — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:45:08 +0000

I suppose people can always use some partition magic software to resize instead of reinstalling from scratch no?

By: BoloMKXXVIII

BoloMKXXVIII — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:55:02 +0000

Very informative. I can't believe they give you no choices in the BIOS. Hope to hear more when you have had some time using it.

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:51:43 +0000

Would the hidden recovery partition cause problems if you wanted to add a third partition for linux?

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:14:55 +0000

I want to add one thing on the fan – now that I've had some time to play with it I do have the fan kicking in – especially when I have a lot of disk IO.