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To: PMS Witch who wrote (76400)	8/7/2011 10:27:43 AM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Thanks for your in-depth research into that. I have been including it in back ups for about a month now, it ads almost nothing to the size of the image. Now I just wonder on recovery, do we recover that every time we want to recover an image?

To: PMS Witch who wrote (76400)	8/7/2011 5:27:21 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Something's wrong with what I wrote in my previous message. Message 27548807 I forgot to write a new Boot Sector. This should've prevented my system from booting. But it DID boot. I can think of two possible explanations: Windows Install wrote a Boot Sector to both the Windows partition as well as the Boot partition. I find it odd that this would be the case, but it would explain the success at booting. Or When I expanded the Windows partition, the partition table was altered but the data wasn't overwritten. The Boot Sector from the Hidden System partition remained behind. When I booted, the BIOS found this left-over data and used it to execute BootMgr. This is a case of two wrongs making a right. If I had to place a wager, I'd go with the second explanation. Unfortunately, the only way I can determine what happened is to repeat the experiment. I set out to find ONE answer. Now I'm left with TWO questions. Bummer! Cheers, PW. P.S. The two wrongs: I didn't execute BootSect and I didn't overwrite the Hidden System partition with zeros before deleting it.