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Does ATIH 2014 remember TYPE of the partition it made the image of?

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I am trying to install Linux / Ubuntu on the 3rd partition of my dual boot machine. The installer fails to see ANY of the NTFS partitions, of course it wants me to use the entire 640GB drive for the install...NOT!

I have 2 primary partitions and one Logical, inside an extended partition, for a total of 3 partitions. When the Ubuntu installer sees that 2 of these have exactly the same amount of sectors, it fails. In an Ubuntu forum it was suggested that I change the sector amount up or down, in the extended partition and theoretically it should allow Ubuntu to install.

Of course I have images of all 3 partitions done with ATIH 2014.

I am trying to create a triple boot machine and want Ubuntu on the 3rd partition for testing purposes, but as it is now I can't get it to install. Allegedly because of the sector size being exactly the same on 2 of the partitions.

Question: If I reformat the drive and make 3 primary partitions, when I install my images back to the reformatted drive does the TYPE of partition accompany the restored images? In other words, does the image have info on it that would change a partition to logical if it was being restored to a primary one?

Using Win 7 Admin | Computer Management | Disc Management I shrank the extended partition by 100MB, thinking that would change the sector size, but it didn't work. That's why I am considering using the method I describe above. Even after the 'shrink' running a command that shows HD info in Ubuntu showed the sector size was still unchanged.

If someone has a better idea to do it let me know. I honestly don't know if ATIH remembers the partition type or I'd jump in and do it! I do not want to go to all the trouble of reformatting only to find that restoring my image to a primary partition has changed it back to logical / extended.

Thanks to all in advance,

F Wolf

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It may store info about original partition type in the archive, but it won't change existing partition type from logical to primary or other way during restore.

If you have a test disk and want to try, TI has been flexible enough in the past to allow the user to change the partition type from logical to primary (and reverse) but you need to watch carefully and override the default partition type as the restore is being configured.

On the OS which boots and the type has changed, it may not boot without some correction.