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    Consequences of Deleting Recovery Partition (G53) ?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by kimiraikkonen, Nov 22, 2015.

  1. kimiraikkonen

    kimiraikkonen Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello,
    A lot of questions had been asked about manipulating built-in recovery partition, but i couldn't find a good answer on those questions which are puzzling me.

    As you know, the built-in "hidden" recovery partition consumes a lot of space as much as 21,49 GB on HDD and it's recommended to delete it. But, on the other hand, the system is configured to use that built-in recovery partition in case of system failure by hitting F9 and selecting Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] during boot through recovery console similar to the screen below:

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    And, worse,i beleive the hidden recovery partition holds some info in bootloader so i suspect deleting it would cause system boot failure.

    I want to delete the recovery partition but keeping current default Windows 7 installation at the same time. So, if i just direclty delete the recovery partition like in the screenshot below, what would happen?

    1) Will my system crash at boot, and will i have to do a complete_drive_format and reinstall OS after deleting recovery partition?
    2) What will happen from now on, if i hit F9 after deleting recovery partition?
    3) Will i have to merge the blank space of deleted recovery partition (21,49 GB) with C: ?

    I'm lost and suspicious about the consequences, remembering Murphy laws.

    I'm also attaching my current (and factory-default) partitioning structure of my single Seagate drive here.
    Thanks in advance.
     

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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    The only drawback is the lack of an easy recovery of the OS if it gets corrupted.
     
  3. Doctor JO

    Doctor JO Notebook Consultant

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    Mauby beter save it on external hard drive with Acronis ?

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    You can, though sometimes it does not want to go back properly.
     
  5. kimiraikkonen

    kimiraikkonen Notebook Evangelist

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    So, the system can boot fine but i lose the option of easy recovery via F9? Is this the only risk that i can take?
     
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    Yes, so I would advise taking and storing your own backup image somewhere else as a replacement option.