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    Marking two partitions (HP_TOOLS and HP_RECOVERY) as Hidden!

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by rezpower, Dec 16, 2012.

  1. rezpower

    rezpower Notebook Consultant

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    have anyone done this? I just want to know if I do this they will still work if need the same way?
    I just don't want to have two partitions that I never use in "My Computer"
     
    rezpower, Dec 16, 2012
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    You could remove their drive letters in disk management and they will disappear , I have done this before, i don't know if the recovery will still work, but you can add the drive letters again if you have a problem, and everything should work fine again, let somebody else chime in before you do it.

    John.
     
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  3. rezpower

    rezpower Notebook Consultant

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    thanks Tinderbox,

    Before my 8770w I had a sony vaio which had a recovery partition also but hidden. I have Paragon Partition Manager™ and can set these partitions to hidden.
    I know soon ( once I install a clean windows) I would no longer want that recovery partition as who wants a hp installed windows with all the unnecessary slowing
    installed software. I then just make a backup image and restore if needed. But as the laptop is brand new it feels weird to delete these partitions.
     
    rezpower, Dec 16, 2012
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    If you remove the drive letter in Windows, the recovery partition will still work as it is on a different environment.

    Just make an image in case you wanna sell the notebook later on.
     
    flipfire, Dec 16, 2012
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    LivArt Notebook Enthusiast

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    LivArt, Dec 16, 2012
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