Just got a new laptop (HP 4540s) and I use Acronis Trueimage to make my image backups.
I just want to backup the OS and want to shrink that to about 140gb.
Can I just shrink and get rid of recovery and tools partitions, so I can make an image of the OS only?
Not sure about that tools partition.
Just realized title has an extra "n".
Thanks,
Paul
Last edited by PSCO2007; 12 Mar 2014 at 17:02.
I am not sure what might be in Tools, but it is only 2 GB. I would leave it. Don't delete the Recovery partition. That is to put your computer back in the same shape as when you bought it should there be a problem in the future.
I don't care about that. (recovery partition)
As I said, I use Acronis to make my recovery images - they have OS, programs and updates- that's all I care about.
If I had to use HP recovery, all that would be gone.
You can delete partitions HP_TOOLS and HP_RECOVERY without problems (if you have another backup/restore scenario). Just do it. Reboot will give you no problems.... both partitions aren't used at all in normal use.
You can even delete the "system reserved" partition if you wish. See System Reserved Partition - Delete
The "system" partition should contain your boot files, in which case you need to back it up also.
But, you can also move the boot files to C, and then make an image of C alone.
Bootmgr - Move to C:\ with EasyBCD
Acronis does that automatically - thanks.
That was in reply to post #6
I hope you don't just delete the System Reserved without doing the proper things first. Your PC won't boot.
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