When I tried this on my 5200, the restore disks recognized there was more 
than one partition and asked if I wanted to restore the partition or the 
disk. It might be the same with yours.
Terry

"Ram" <ramramCUTCUTCUT@fastwebnet.it> wrote in message 
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> I need to format my notebook M40X
> when I bought the pc the hd had just one partition, but I created two
> partion, the first with the os and the second for dates
>
> Now, using the recovery disk, I'll able to manteine the two partitions or
> not?
> Is it possible - as it's possible with an xp installation - to decide 
> where
> to install the os?
>
> Thanks
> Bye
>
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