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    Can I delete the HP recovery partition and combine the partition with drive c?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Wolf Mike, Feb 6, 2008.

  1. Wolf Mike

    Wolf Mike Notebook Enthusiast

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    My OCD is bugging the crap out of me. My drive C is exactly 99.9GB

    Argh couldn't they just give me an extra .1 GB?!

    Anyways I was planning on using G-parted from my Ubuntu CD and combining the Recovery Partition made by HP with the drive C partition. Doing this is suppose to give me an extra 12GB.

    Is this a smart thing to do? I mean if I have a recovery CD there's no reason for me to keep the recovery partition if it does the same thing as the CD.
     
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  2. The_Punisher

    The_Punisher Notebook Evangelist

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    Well if you have recovery CD's there shouldn't be problem. Personally i like to keep the recovery partition around anyway just in case. But thats up to you.

    I don't know if combining the partition would require a reinstallation of Windows though.
     
    The_Punisher, Feb 6, 2008
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  3. PhilJ

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    It doesn't. The HP recovery manager can do this. There is an option to remove the recovery partition and redistribute the space.
     
    PhilJ, Feb 6, 2008
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    Well, then you're all set. No need for extra software.
     
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  5. Envision

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    Also, if HP didn't have that feature in there, there are utilities that allow you to modify all the partitions on your machine. A couple examples are:

    Partition Magic
    Acronis Disk Director Suite
     
    Envision, Feb 6, 2008
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