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I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the

partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?


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I personally wouldn't. The added just in case something goes wrong, suppose

your disk get stolen or damage? Better to be extra safe than sorry.

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"John" <noneya@noneya.com>wrote in message



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John;497618 Wrote:

Hi John,



If HP didn't have the partition protected, you can. If they did, you

may have to do it from the Vista installation DVD when reinstalling

Vista. I would give this method in this tutorial a try first though.

Your just using Disk Management in Vista.



www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html" >www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html



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Do it as long as you are sure that your recovery disks are good to go.

Otherwise, unless you are running drastically out of space, leave the

recovery partition as it is.



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"John" <noneya@noneya.com>wrote in message

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John - HP provides a utility for "removing" the recovery partition. Keep in

mind that when the partition was created the MBR(Master Boot Record) was

modified to show the "Hit F11 key to restore...." (or something similiar) -

deleting the partition without using the utility will not remove the MBR

modification.





"John" <noneya@noneya.com>wrote in message



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Thanks for the advice. After more consideration I've decided not to delete

this partition. It just doesn't seem like a good idea.



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