Need help with disk partition (OEM Windows 7 Home Premium)

@Karlsnooks
I did not get the recovery disk or the Windows 7 dvd with the notebook. The HP support team explained to me that the OEM version restricts the user to lower the C partition below 250 GB.
Although, I am in a hurry but considering the fact that by deleting the HP recovery tools my notebook can't be restored to its initial settings, I don't want to take any further risk.
What I don't understand is why HP doesn't provide Windows 7 dvds to its buyers since they pay for the notebook and the original OS?
I am also thinking of buying a retail copy of Windows 7 in case this issue is not resolved.

@everyone: I don't know if this is of any help but the HP manual says that one can create a recovery disk onto a pen drive. For that one must press f11 while booting. This doesn't happen with my notebook. I was told by the Hp support person that since the recovery tools were accidently deleted the only way is to order a recovery disk.

Regards

Partition should let you shrink C: unless you have unmovable files. I think the Master File Table should be towards the start of the partition and not cause a problem.

You or someone else deleted the HP tools partition (unallocated at end) to give you your existing extended partition.
I would still keep the Recovery partition unless you decide to do a total clean install.

HP's have the worst load of bloatware of any makes. This weighs down and can corrupt the Win7 OS from being the featherlight, instantaneous OS it is natively.

This is deliberate because the bloatware sponsors rake in billions which make up almost all the profit on today's low-margin consumer rigs. Most makers not only won't provide a disk today, but try to enforce the bloatware by refusing to support a clean reinstall even though MS EULA agreement requires maker's to provide a clean installation method and allows consumers to reinstall their OS property any way they want.

In addition the useless factory utilities are unneeded since Win7 has better versions built into it.

The best approach is to work progressively toward a clean reinstall of just the OS, starting with cleaning up the factory bloatware following these tips based on hundreds of reinstalls of factory OEM I've done: HP laptop has used up all four primary partitions

Once you see how much Disk Mgmt will shrink C, you can burn to CD free Partition Wizard to shrink it as much as you want since System Files will not be running.

@bare foot

I did a check. It's 139479 MB volume that is shrinkable.
You would advise me to create a new volume by shrinking the space from C but can I split this space between D and E (existing drives)?

Use Disk Mgmt to safely shrink C - it offered you more than expected.

Then I'd Create a new logical sub-partition in Disk Mgmt, or you can use Partition Wizard CD to Resize D to the left and adjust the size of E.

I didn't see you in the thread so went ahead and answered, Ted.

Do you concur on Disk Mgmt?