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    HDD partition question

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mwmnj, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. mwmnj

    mwmnj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why are there 4 different hdd's in the "my computer" section of the Envy 14 when it first comes? screenshot: imgur: the simple image sharer

    I would rather have just C: be the only hdd. How would I go about doing this?

    ps. I am making recovery disc with hp recovery manager right now
     
    mwmnj, Jun 29, 2011
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  2. Bobmitch

    Bobmitch Notebook Virtuoso

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    The MS Office Click to Run is MS Office 2010. If you purchased Office with your computer...that is your install file. If not...my choice would be to delete it.

    HP Tools partition contains just that...tools for techs to use if you have issues with your machine. Runs hard drive and memory diagnostics, etc. Leave that one alone

    Recovery partition. Contains the "Out of Box" configuration of your machine. When you create "Recovery" disks...this is the partition that contains all the info for those disks. You can also do a system recovery off that partition by hitting F11 on bootup...Restores the machine to the exact condition it was in the moment you turned it on for the first time, drivers, extra software and all.

    If you have made the recovery disk set already...you can delete the partition, but by the looks of things...you have plenty of HDD space...I would leave intact. That choice is yours
     
    Bobmitch, Jun 29, 2011
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    mwmnj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the info! This recovery is taking forever, I started at 2pm and it just got done burning disk #3 (out of 7!!! (memorex 16x 4.7gb))
     
    mwmnj, Jun 29, 2011
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    cam121 Notebook Evangelist

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    Or do what I did, remove the drive letters for the partitions but leave the filesystem intact in case you ever need access to it.
     
    cam121, Jun 29, 2011
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