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    Recovery Parition Merge or Delete?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by tianh, Nov 1, 2007.

  1. tianh

    tianh Notebook Consultant

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    I just used the recovery disks and the recovery partition popped up again, I forgot how I merged this partition with mines what do you guys suggest?


    Also I have like 3 partitions of like 1.24 or 2 megs, how do I merge them?




    Thanks a million!
     
    tianh, Nov 1, 2007
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  2. Methuselah

    Methuselah Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd use GParted to remove the partitions you no longer want and then resize the remaining one you wish to keep.

    GParted Live CD

    GParted Homepage

    It is free, fast and fully functional. Basically it is a very specialized build of Linux that is setup to boot into a Linux environment from the CD with all the menus configured to be easy to understand for non-linux users.
     
    Methuselah, Nov 2, 2007
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  3. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Ary you using Vista or XP? If XP try the above solution. If you are using Vista then try the built in partition manager and see if it can extend the vista partition to the entire disk.
     
    miner, Nov 2, 2007
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  4. Envision

    Envision Notebook Deity

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    You can also get a demo of Acronis Disk Directory Suite, which is fully functional. It is very easy to use and it will allow you to delete the unwanted partitions and merge them with any partition you want. This is simply a program you can install inside Windows and then uninstall when you are done with what you need.
     
    Envision, Nov 2, 2007
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  5. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    The HP recovery manager software can delete the partition and merge it with the rest of the C:.
     
    orev, Nov 2, 2007
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