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Need help with disk partition (OEM Windows 7 Home Premium)
Hi,
I recently purchased HP pavilion DV6 3124TX notebook with OEM windows 7 home premium installed . At the time of purchase there was a single partition of over 500GB and another recovery partition of 20GB. Upon my request the store staff (not HP staff but some random store which shelves numerous brands) made two more partitions of 136GB and 147GB respectively leaving the primary partion of 244 GB. However, in doing so the HP recovery tool was deleted and I realised upon reaching home that I cannot create recovery disk any more.
Now, I have two questions regarding which I need help:
1) I want the C drive partition to be 120 GB only. I was told by the HP support team that OEM software would always make a primary partition of 300GB. I found it ridiculous. Is there any way I can do this myself? I read in another thread that this can be done by calling the Microsoft support guys since I have the product key. If yes, should I wait for the recovery disk to arrive or should I go ahead and delete everything and follow the instructions from support team to do a custom install?
2) Is there a proper step by step guide to prepare your system for a fresh installation?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.