Will Win 7 still boot if I hide Recovery partition in front of it?


  1. Ford Prefect
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    Will Win 7 still boot if I hide Recovery partition in front of it?


    Hi Folks,
    Just been helping a colleague sort out his Win 7 installation which resulted in a re-install from his Dell Recovery disc.
    This has resulted in 2 partitions on his active system disc.
    They are (E) Recovery and (C) OS
    He also has a DVD drive (D) in the system.
    What I would like to do is "hide" the Recovery partition.
    I can do this in Windows disc management (dismount it) or using Partition Master (EaseUs).
    My question is, If I hide this recovery partition will Windows still boot OK?
    Thanks in advance.
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  3. Ford Prefect
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    I can confirm it's OK to hide a partition in front of the OS and it still boots.
    However, if you delete the partition you will need to rebuild the mbr.
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