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    How do I remove my Dell Recovery Partition (D:) without a reformat

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Fe ®, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. Fe ®

    Fe ® Notebook Geek

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    Fe ®, Jul 28, 2007
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    You need a program like Partition Magic. The partition can be deleted quickly in Windows, but if you want to reclaim that drive space, it needs a third party tool.
     
    thegsrguy, Jul 28, 2007
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    Oh ok, thanks.
     
    Fe ®, Jul 28, 2007
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    brianj320 Notebook Evangelist

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    yea i second partition magic. very easy to use and will do the work for ya to merge the partitions together.
     
    brianj320, Jul 28, 2007
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    Try using gparted to delete/resize, unlike Partition Magic, it's open source, which for most people the main advantage means, it's free.

    It's available on many Linux LiveCD's ( Ubuntu for one), or on its own.
     
    t12ek, Jul 28, 2007
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    I second gparted. I have it on a boot cd also so I can help friends and family when they come sniffing around asking for help ;)
     
    Kaosfury, Jul 28, 2007
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    fromw hat I read, partition magic does not work. but if it does, elt me know, i'm very curious
     
    FrozenDarkness, Jul 29, 2007
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