changing recovery drive method


  1. Thornton
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    changing recovery drive method


    i unfortunately bought a pc from hp. i would like to free up as much space as i can, so i want to know if there is a way i can just burnt the information on the recovery drive onto a disk or thumb drive and turn the 11.5 gigs they are using for it into unallocated space. if so, is it really that simple? could i click and drag the files from within it, onto a thumb drive?
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  3. Kari
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    On all HP computers with pre-installed Windows, you can find a recovery tool in Start Menu. Not on my HP's now, can't remember exactly what's the name of the tool, but check Start Menu for HP > recovery or something similar.

    Launch the tool, it allows you to burn the recovery DVD set, 2 to 5 DVD's depending on your model.

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  4. Thornton
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    Kari said:
    On all HP computers with pre-installed Windows, you can find a recovery tool in Start Menu. Not on my HP's now, can't remember exactly what's the name of the tool, but check Start Menu for HP > recovery or something similar.

    Launch the tool, it allows you to burn the recovery DVD set, 2 to 5 DVD's depending on your model.

    Kari
    thank you very much
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  6. gregrocker
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    Creating a Recovery Disk on a USB Flash Disk - HP technical support

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