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    Remove Recovery Partition (?)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by busydoinnothin, Sep 23, 2008.

  1. busydoinnothin

    busydoinnothin Newbie

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    Greetings,

    This is my first post, I checked a few pages back and tried the search function with no avail, so I apologize if this has been asked before.

    I recently got the VGN-FW198U/H, formatted it out of the box and installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit (What a huge difference!). Before this I made my recovery dvds and have them stored in a safe place. Since I have them (and they work) I want to be able to take back the recovery partition.

    I tried playing with diskmgmt.msc but it doesn't allow me to do much. Can someone point me in the right direction on how I can rid of the recovery partition?

    Much appreciated!
    -J
     
    busydoinnothin, Sep 23, 2008
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  2. Wolf11

    Wolf11 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea i would like to know as well...im running out of space ... ;)
     
    Wolf11, Sep 23, 2008
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    PWR Notebook Guru

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    I use Windows built-in command DISKPART, requires some learning but it's pretty capable.
    MS TechNet DiskPart Command-Line Options: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465.aspx
    If you need a graphical user interface I believe there are free Linux based partition tools you could search for.
    Personally I haven't tried enlarging partitions yet since I do full format + clean installs anyway.
    PWR
     
    PWR, Sep 24, 2008
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  4. sleey0

    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    When you installed Vista Ultimate you should have used the disk partitioning tool when you formatted. That would have been the easiest way.

    I use Partition Magic (don't know if they even sell it anymore). It works in Windows and it also has a pre-installation environment.

    Google "disk partition" - you should be able to find some tools that will let you wipe it and extend your existing partition you utilize the free space.
     
    sleey0, Sep 24, 2008
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  5. busydoinnothin

    busydoinnothin Newbie

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    When I was installing Windows the recovery partition didn't even show!

    Thats why I asked here, because Disk Management shows the partition but doesn't let me do anything to it.

    Thanks! :)
    -J
     
    busydoinnothin, Sep 24, 2008
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    busydoinnothin, Sep 24, 2008
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    fq1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    fq1, Sep 25, 2008
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  8. busydoinnothin

    busydoinnothin Newbie

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    I'm actually kinda stuck there at the moment. :(
     
    busydoinnothin, Sep 25, 2008
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