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    Preparing Asus laptop for Linux - no Recovery Partition ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by andy55, Apr 26, 2013.

  1. andy55

    andy55 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I have just bought Asus laptop with windows 7. Since my main OS is Linux I'd like to install windows under Linux (Virtualbox).
    What if I delete the Recovery Partition ? Am I going to loose support ?
    Ideally I would like to leave small "native" Windows partition (as it is now) and have much larger Linux partition
    with Windows installed under Virtualbox. Any ideas how to organise it ?
     
  2. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    You won't lose technical support from Asus reps, if that's what you mean. But chances are, they won't know how to help you if you call and have a Linux question, or even a Windows-related question running emulated. Removing the recovery doesn't affect your warranty though, so they'll still support you as best they can. :)

    Partitioning will be up to your preference, I think.