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how to lose a partition on new HP laptop?
Hi
I bought an HP Envy with Windows 7 a couple of weeks ago. So far I have been happy, but something is preventing me from really getting started with this machine:
It has a very large drive (750 gb)
My idea was to make a couple of extra partitions with
a) programs
b) files (music and vids)
the whole point being that in case of virus or OS reinstalling I would safe much time, as programs and files would stay untouched.
The unpleasant surprise is that HP (and others) ship new laptops with
4 primary partitions.
In this case:
SYSTEM
C (OS)
D (Recovery)
HP TOOLS
I tried to make a fifth partition, but it's not possible (four primary partitions limitation)
I then burned recovery to 5 dvd's.
So now my options are:
1) delete recovery partition. Some say it's ok and safe, others advice against it (something with having to send pc to HP for authorisation in case of reinstall)
2) leave recovery partition alone and maybe try to make it bigger, put stuff here (programs and files). But I'd rather not to. Also I read that the recovery partition has to be unaltered.
3) delete HP Tools (but it contains Bios recovery software, so maybe make a bootable cd? is it possible?)
4) forget everything about my original plan, use Windows 7 imaging option and save images of my system on an external drive
which option would you recommend? Do I have other options?
This is really annoying, I am stuck so far.
Thanks in advance