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    Reducing Recovery Partition?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bmcc, Nov 6, 2007.

  1. bmcc

    bmcc Notebook Consultant

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    I just got my Vostro today, and I noticed that Dell's recovery partition takes up 10 GB. Do I need to keep it that large? Or, should I reduce it to free up some space?? If so, how can I go about reducing it?

    Thanks
     
    bmcc, Nov 6, 2007
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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don’t think you can safely reduce it, besides there won’t be much free space in it either, because a Vista installation takes close to 10GB anyways. If you have a reinstallation DVD, then I don't see the point of keeping it.
     
    PhoenixFx, Nov 6, 2007
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  3. TuxDude

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    You can delete that partition completely from the Vista's Disk Management Tool.... And then use up that space for something useful....
     
    TuxDude, Nov 6, 2007
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    whats the real advatage of keeping it? i'm too thinking about deleting it and recover 10 good gigs
     
    webtax, Nov 6, 2007
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  5. wogstaa

    wogstaa Notebook Evangelist

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    It doesn't even have anything useful for backups in it, I want my extra 10gigs :) I am going to delete the backup partition soon, after I back it up to my external drive lol.
    If I delete the partition will the space automatically go to the C drive?
     
    wogstaa, Nov 7, 2007
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  6. wogstaa

    wogstaa Notebook Evangelist

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    I deleted the partition in disk manager, is there any way to allocate that space to the primary partition (the C drive)?
     
    wogstaa, Nov 7, 2007
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    I to am interested in removing the Recovery partition and having it re-allocated to the my main OS partition..

    Im running Vista, and in Disk Mananagment the Recovery parition is to the left the OS partition.... If I delete the Recovery Partition, is there anyway to is there any way to allocate that space to the primary partition (the C drive)? Without doing a full re-format, preferably just by using disk manager?
     
    Garandhero, Nov 7, 2007
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  8. wogstaa

    wogstaa Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think there is any way to reallocate the space to the primary partition because it is locked. Right click on the C drive and there is an option to extend the volume but it is greyed out. I am not going to re-format my disk to get 10gb extra on the primary partition, I will just leave the partition for my pictures and music.
     
    wogstaa, Nov 7, 2007
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  9. wogstaa

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    Actually, we can use it for system restore, that way, system restore can be disabled on the primary drive and will free up some space
     
    wogstaa, Nov 7, 2007
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  10. TuxDude

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    You can allocate that space to C: by using a free partitioning tool called gparted or using paid tools like Acronis Disk Director Suite....
     
    TuxDude, Nov 7, 2007
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  11. wogstaa

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    Thanks, I'll give it a try next week and let you know how it goes
     
    wogstaa, Nov 7, 2007
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