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    recovery partition and recovery discs question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by crs1, Dec 10, 2012.

  1. crs1

    crs1 Notebook Geek

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    My hard drive is 160 GB SSD and on it is a partition (D drive) containing the recovery data. I would like to recoup this 24gb by removing this partition from my hard drive. If I make the one-time recovery disc's as suggested, do I still need this partition? Are the recovery disc created from this partition? What is the purpose of the partition if I make recovery discs?
     
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  2. tijo

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    That depend son the notebook manufacturer. The restore discs should be an image of the recovery partition, but you may or may not need the partition for the discs to work. Aside from that, you could use the recovery partition to do a system restore without using discs at all. If your HDD is getting full, you could always change it if it's SATA though. What laptop are we talking about?
     
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    It's safe practice to leave the recovery partition intact when you make the recovery discs. Besides, once you have the discs, THEN you shouldn't need that built in recovery. The optical media you put the recovery on will basically be an image of the recovery partition. They're meant to be a failsafe, should the recovery partition get deleted or corrupt.
     
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    It is an HP dv6t-7000 quad. At some point, if I begin running out of space and SSD prices fall even further below todays prices, I will move to a larger one.
     
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