What does this message mean: “Miser partition lost, run PHDISK”?
The “Save to Disk” feature, often used in portable PCs for power management, typically uses a special partition to save the state of the computer between uses. If the power management software in the BIOS checks for this partition during POST and can’t find it, it prints the error message shown above. This error is usually caused if the disk is repartitioned or changed. A similar message is printed if the memory is increased in size and the computer state will no longer fit in the partition.To recreate the partition, run the PHDISK.EXE program supplied with your computer (it must match the power management software in your BIOS).
PHDISK is a program that creates a partition on the hard disk large enough to store the entire state of your computer when the system is place into a full suspend state. This “Save to Disk” feature is generally used in portable PCs for Power Management. If the Power Management software in the BIOS checks for this partition during POST and can’t find it, it prints the error message shown above.
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