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    OEM and Recovery Partitions - Safe to Delete?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by daballerap93, Feb 2, 2012.

  1. daballerap93

    daballerap93 Newbie

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    My m14x came shipped with a primary oem partition and a logical recovery partition. What exactly is contained in these partitions? I believe that the oem contains dell diagnostics and such.
    Will they be safe to delete?
     
    daballerap93, Feb 2, 2012
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  2. sixgunzx2

    sixgunzx2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Id at least make a clone of drive or a recovery backup before deleting anything ... never know when it may come in handy
     
    sixgunzx2, Feb 2, 2012
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  3. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Everybody's M14x came with those recovery partition where you can use the pre-installed software called AlienRespawn to create one, in fact all of the OEM computer have those partition, what it do is when your computer having problem, then you can use the F12 Recovery option during boot to rescue the computer, you can safely delete If you have create a Recovery Disc, the Dell Diagnostic cannot be delete because it is tied to the BIOS.

    You can learn how to create the Recovery Disc here: HOW TO: Preserve AlienRespawn - stock drive to aftermarket drive / AlienRespawn Q&A
     
    CGSDR, Feb 2, 2012
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