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    Is the HP recovery partition necessary?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Rathma, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. Rathma

    Rathma Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd really like to get my 12 gigs back.
     
    Rathma, Sep 13, 2008
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  2. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Do you ever want to recover using the data in that partition?
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Once you have burned recovery discs, it is safe to delete the recovery partition.
     
    Bog, Sep 13, 2008
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  4. Rathma

    Rathma Notebook Enthusiast

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    How exactly do you burn a 10gig recovery file onto a dvd that is only half that space?
     
    Rathma, Sep 13, 2008
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  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    I recall that my HP had something called the Recovery Center; it was preinstalled software (found in the program menus) that took me through the process. In fact, your HP should have come with a pamphlet that instructs you how to make recovery DVDs.
     
    Bog, Sep 13, 2008
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  6. Rathma

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    Oh okay, i'm running that now. It says it's "creating files..."

    What exactly is it backing up?
     
    Rathma, Sep 13, 2008
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    It's burning the files from the recovery partition to dvds/cds
     
    Harper2.0, Sep 13, 2008
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  8. Rathma

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    It shouldn't be, there is no disc in my DVD drive.
     
    Rathma, Sep 13, 2008
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  9. Bog

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    What are you referring to? Whatever it is, ISO files are perhaps being created.
     
    Bog, Sep 13, 2008
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  10. vassil_98

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    You need 2 dvds. After that you can delete the partition but sometimes you need to use Vista's Disk managment to regain the space.
     
    vassil_98, Sep 13, 2008
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