I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the
partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?

I personally wouldn't. The added just in case something goes wrong, suppose
your disk get stolen or damage? Better to be extra safe than sorry.
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"John" <noneya@noneya.com> wrote in message
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>I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the
>partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?[/color]

Do it as long as you are sure that your recovery disks are good to go.
Otherwise, unless you are running drastically out of space, leave the
recovery partition as it is.

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"John" <noneya@noneya.com> wrote in message
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>I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the
>partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?[/color]

John - HP provides a utility for "removing" the recovery partition. Keep in
mind that when the partition was created the MBR(Master Boot Record) was
modified to show the "Hit F11 key to restore...." (or something similiar) -
deleting the partition without using the utility will not remove the MBR
modification.


"John" <noneya@noneya.com> wrote in message
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>I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the
>partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?[/color]

Thanks for the advice. After more consideration I've decided not to delete
this partition. It just doesn't seem like a good idea.

"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
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> Do it as long as you are sure that your recovery disks are good to go.
> Otherwise, unless you are running drastically out of space, leave the
> recovery partition as it is.
>
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> Mike Hall - MVP
> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx[/url]
> Posting Productively.. [url]http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm[/url]
>
>
>
> "John" <noneya@noneya.com> wrote in message
> news:eDRCdtmGIHA.6068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I have a set of recovery disks for my Vista machine. Can I delete the
>>partition labeled (on my HP) "HP_RECOVERY (D:)" to free up space?[/color]
>[/color]